Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004


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117. Prayers on West Door of Temple-Church (south)

Description

Text

i
Θεοφ(ί)λ(ῳ)
Κ(ύρι)ε βωΐθι το͂ σο͂ δ(ού)λο
μα(κε)λαρή(ῳ) cross
ii
Κονστα̣[ντ]ῖνος δηάκων
iii
[...]πα̣ν
[...]v. ησ̣υ̣μ̣οι̣
iv
μ
[.]οσ
cross
τ

Translation

i. Lord, help your servant Theophilus, butcher.

ii. Constantine, deacon.

Apparatus

i, l.1 Θεόφιλ(ος) Reinach; earlier editors could interpret nothing.

l. 3. μασ[α]ύρη (?) Kirchhoff; Μασ[σ]άρη(?) Ramsay; Μαζλαρη(?) Reinach; it was Grégoire who recognized the abbreviation mark standing for κε and resolved the text, reading Θεοφίλῳ accordingly in l.1.

ii, l.1: κωνστα[ν]τ[?ῖνος] Reinach; κονστα[ντῖνος] Grégoire.

Photographs

Overview (1976) i. Text (1976) ii. Text (1972) iii. Text (1976) iv. Text (1972)
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View of temple west door, from west (1972) View from west (2004)
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Commentary

See discussion at VIII.8.

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