Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004

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248. Prayer

Description

• Monument: White marble column.
• Text: Cut on the lowest face of the moulding of the socle, which is broken away on both sides.
• Letters: 0.03–0.035.
• Date: Fifth to sixth century, or later (content, lettering).

Text

Translation

[?For the salvation] of [...] the ?chief, (or) the archbishop [...]

Apparatus

The restoration, by which I am persuaded, is that of Angelos Chaniotis.

Η might be Ψ,Δ, ΕΙ.

At the end,Ε might be Θ.

Photographs

Face (1988)	Block (1988)	Restored (1991)	View from south (2004)

Commentary

See discussion at VII.18.

Locations

• Found: Tetrapylon: column at the south west corner.
• Original: Findspot.
• Last Recorded: Findspot.

History

• Recording: Recorded by the NYU expedition.
• Bibliography: Unpublished.
• Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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