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57. Building inscription of Pytheas, in verse

Description | Text | Translation | Images | Commentary | Location | History


Description

  • Monument: Five joining fragments of white marble revetment, with upper and lower edges surviving (H. 0.62, W. 1.28, Th. 0.025).
  • Text: Inscribed on the prepared face.
  • Letters: 0.275; very mannered; cut with a broad trench, with triangular profile, but with sides unpolished.
  • Date: Late fifth century (prosopography).

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  [... Π]υθέας τρισόλ[βιος ...]

Translation

[...] Pytheas thrice-blessed [...]

Photographs

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Commentary

For Pytheas see 55, 56, 58, 250 and discussion at V.18.

Locations

  • Found: Theatre Baths.
  • Original: Theatre Baths.
  • Last Recorded: Museum.

History

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