Description of Monument
Fragment from the lower edge of a blue-grey marble panel (0.083 × 0.13 × 0.027).
Description of Text
Inscribed in one line along lower edge, below a moulded groove.
Description of Letters
0.035; elongated; decorative lines drawn above and below.
Commentary
See discussion at VII.12.
For the history of the Temple-Church see VII.4.
Found
Temple-Church: section 4, stratum 4.
Original Location
Unknown.
Last Recorded Location
Museum.
History of Recording
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1962 (62.74).
Bibliography
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 97 and plate xxv, whence PHI 653.
Text Constituted From
Transcription (Roueché).
Category of Text
building inscription; prayer/invocation
Category of Monument
panel