Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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240. Donor prayer from a church
Description
- Monument:
White marble fragment (0.28 × 0.08 × 0.07), from the crowning feature of a balustrade; the top is smooth; one side has a moulded profile, the other is smooth and vertical.
The underside has been left rough. Resembles 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 107, 239.
- Text:
Inscribed in one line on upper fascia of moulded profile.
- Letters:
Cursive omega; ave. 0.022.
- Date:
Fifth/sixth century or later (lettering, content).
Text
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[... ?ὑπὲρ ἀφέσεως] ἁ̣μαρτιῶν v. τ[...]
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Translation
[...] sins [...]
Apparatus
The final letter may be a cross
Photographs
| View of block (1994) |
Face (1994) |
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Commentary
See discussion at VII.22.
Locations
- Found:
Hadrianic Baths: dump of stones west of the baths.
- Original:
An unidentified church: crowning the chancel barrier.
- Last Recorded:
Museum.
History
- Recording:
Recorded by the NYU excavation in 1994 (94.33).
- Bibliography:
Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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