1.15. ?Prayer of Anastasios, ?donor
- Description:
- A blue-grey marble fragment broken at back and below (H. 0.08 × W. 0.30 × D. 0.11), from the crowning feature of a balustrade; the top is smooth and one side has a moulded profile; broken at back and below. Resembles 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.16.
- Text:
- Inscribed in one line on upper fascia of moulded profile.
- Letters:
- 0.02; square.
- Date:
- Fifth/sixth century (location, lettering).
- Findspot:
- South Agora, north portico: stray surface find.
- Original Location:
- Temple/Church: ?Crowning a chancel barrier, .
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1966 (66.95).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 95 and plate xxiv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 651.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··]Ο̣Ν Ἀναστασίου [·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]·ΝΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΟΥ[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
ν
</orig>
Ἀναστασίου
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] of Anastasios [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VII.10.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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