Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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111. Warning against theft
Description
- Monument:
A smooth white marble column drum (H. 1,42, diam.
0.60).
- Text:
Painted in red paint on a white background, below the upper edge.
- Letters:
0.045;
simple; square sigma. There are some traces of further painted decoration.
- Date:
Fifth/sixth century (lettering, findspot).
Text
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cross σχῇ πρὸς τὸ βῆμα τοῦ
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Χριστοῦ καὶ τὴν ἐωνίαν
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κρίσιν ὁ κλέπτον ἐκ τοῦ |
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τόπου τούτου τί ποτε.
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Translation
May he face the tribunal of Christ and the eternal
judgement, he who steals anything at all from this place.
Photographs
| Monument (1972)
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Left side (1976)
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Right side (1976)
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Commentary
See discussion at VII.30.
Locations
- Found:
Theatre: re-used in the Byzantine fortification wall
constructed across the eastern end of the Theatre apparently in the
seventh century.
- Original:
Unknown; perhaps Theatre Baths.
- Last Recorded:
Museum.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1972 (72.238).
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 111 whence PHI 763.
- Text constituted from:
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).
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