129. Warning against approaching the bema; invocationsCharlotte M. Roueché2004
EnglishFrenchAncient GreekLatin2004-06-08Gabriel BodardChecked and fixed all image divs and refs2004-03-29Gabriel BodardCompleted lemmatisation, checked figure ids, tagged keywords2003-11-06Gabriel BodardCorrected errors in Greek2003-11-04John LavagninoConverted beta code to Unicode2003-05-27Gabriel Bodardtidied and corrected2003-04-30Juan Garcéstagged Greek; tidied2003-08-25CMRtagged and corrected2004-02-27CMRchecked; image refs.
Description of Monument
A white marble block, broken in two (1.20 × 0.67 × 0.29); perhaps a door-post. There is a channel
cut down the left side of the face.
Description of Text
On the face: i is above ii, which is arranged about a cross
(H. 0.085); of iii: immediately below ii, arranged about a cross (H.
0.115). There are other, less intelligible graffiti, and several
crosses on this block.
Description of Letters
i-ii: 0.0154.045; traces of red paint; iii : 0.01-0.025; diaereses on
iotas; first Ν in 1.2 above line.
iv: 0.02, lightly
scratched. First Η, ΤΟΥ and final Τ above line.
iii. Lord, help your servant Philip, a sinner. Amen.
iv. victory of
Commentary
Text i. is in verse. See discussion at VIII.12.
Found
Temple-Church: standing loose in the south aisle.
Original Location
Unknown.
Last Recorded Location
Findspot.
History of Recording
Excavated by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias
in Late Antiquity no. 129.i-iv, and plate xxxii (iii and iv)
whence (i) PHI710, Steinepigramme02/09/90, (ii-iv)PHI806, 767, 789.