Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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116. Prayer of Damocharis, cursor
Description
- Monument:
A thick panel of blue marble (0.52 × 0.57 × 0.18) with a crack down the left side of the
face.
- Text:
Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
0.055-0.07;
well-cut; sigma both lunate and square; scroll for
abbreviation.
- Date:
Fourth-fifth century (lettering, terminology).
Text
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εὐχὴ Φλ(αουίου) |
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Δαμοχά- |
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ριδος κούρ- |
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vac.σορος.
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Translation
Prayer of Flavius Damocharis, cursor.
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Commentary
See discussion at VIII.2, and, for
this type of text, at VIII.1.
Locations
- Found:
Museum site excavations.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Museum.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1975 (75.5).
- Bibliography:
Published by Reynolds & Tannenbaum,
J&G, 137-138, no. 10 and plate, whence SEG 1987.852, BE 1988.888;
by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late
Antiquity no. 116 and plate xxx, whence PHI 637.
- Text constituted from:
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).
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