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133. Graffiti: names and prayers

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


Description

  • Monument: Three fragments from a white marble panel or a coping polished at back and front, with upper and lower edges surviving in i and ii. Covered with small graffiti.
  • Text: Inscribed on the upper surface.
  • Letters: Scratched letters 0.015- 0.02. There is a horizontal bar above the omega of ΑΠΩ in ii.3.
  • Date: Fifth-sixth century or later (content, location).

Text [Font help][Conventions]

i
  [Νι]κηφ(όρος)
  [...] Μιχ(αὴλ) ὑπ(ο)δ(?ιάκονος) τ(οῦ) vac. Μιχ(αὴλ) πατ [...]
  vacat
  βαδκν Μιχ(αήλ)
ii
  cross Ἰω(άννης) τουο [...]
  (Lower down)
  Κω(νσ)τ(?αντῖνος)
  (At lower edge)
  Μιχ(αήλ) [...]
  cross Κω(νσ)τ(?αντῖνος) απω πλω[...]
iii
  [...]ιιι scroll
  πιστ[...]
  (Lower down)
  Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ γράψ[ας ...]
  [...]ιιω
Μιχαὴλ υιλ τ(ὸν) δ(οῦ)(λον) Χρ(ιστοῦ)

Translation

i. Nicephorus. Michael, ?subdeacon. Michael [...] Michael.

ii. John [...]. ?Constantine. Michael. ?Constantine.

iii. ?Constantine who wrote (this) [...]. Michael [...] the servant of Christ.

Apparatus

There are further traces on all these stones.

Photographs

i. Face (1985) ii. Face (1973) iii. Face (1985)
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Commentary

See discussion at VIII.13.

Locations

  • Found: Temple-Church.
  • Original: Unknown.
  • Last Recorded: Museum.

History

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