Gladiator memorial
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Second to third centuries CE
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Bibliography

[...], 123 and fig.27b, whence [...] 1915.108, whence [...], 68; [...], 140 f. and pl. X; mentioned by Brinkerhoff, [...], 187, 207, whence [...], 1964.589; mentioned [...], 104..

Ἱππομέδων

Ἱππομέδων ὁ πρεὶν [sic] Καρπόφοροϲ οὗ πυγμαὶ θ πυγμαὶ θ

Apparatus

Translation

[a] Hippomedon

[b] Hippomedon, who was formerly Karpophoros, who had nine fights. Nine fights.

Commentary

Approximately a pair with P.215.

The figure is described by Ghislanzoni as a Samnite gladiator, whence Brinkerhoff (loc.cit); for a correction see Robert, loc.cit, (Hellenica III) p.65.

The nine palm branches stand for the nine victories mentioned in lines 2-3, the same number as Hermes in P.215.

a, b.1: The “stage-name” here, being that of an epic hero, is of a type favoured by gladiators, Robert Gladiateurs p. 299.

b.2, 3: πυγμαί θ' means that he fought nine contests; for the use of this term for gladiatorial fights, Robert, Gladiateurs p. 16f.