Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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80. Acclamation of the sellophoroi
Description
- Monument:
A white marble block (0.87 × 0.34 × 0.35) built into the rim of the pool in the South Agora.
- Text:
Cut on the upper, longer, face. It is unclear whether the text was cut in situ, or whether the stone has been re-used.
- Letters:
Shallow but wide (av. 0.09), ornately cut, with curled serifs. The second omicron seems to have been added as an afterthought, and is barely visible.
- Date:
Fifth/sixth century (lettering).
Text
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νικᾷ
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ἡ τύ
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χη
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τῶν
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σελ
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λοφό
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ρων.
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Translation
The fortune of the chair-bearers triumphs!
Photographs
| Block in situ (1985) |
Face and side (1985) |
Face (1985) |
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Commentary
See discussion at V.61 and, on acclamationsV.54.
Locations
- Found:
South Agora: part of the southern rim of the central pool. see Plan 2
- Original:
Findspot.
- Last Recorded:
Findspot.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1985.
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 80, whence PHI 825.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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