Description:
Fragment from the lower edge of a blue-grey marble panel (H. 0.083 × W. 0.13 × D. 0.027).
Text:
Inscribed in one line along lower edge, below a moulded groove.
Letters:
0.035; elongated; decorative lines drawn above and below.
Date:
Fifth-sixth century A.D. (lettering, content)
Findspot:
Temple/Church: section 4, stratum 4.
Original Location:
Temple/Church.
Last recorded location:
Museum.
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1962 (62.74).
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 97 and plate xxv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 653.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
1[·· ? ··] Κ̣ύριε βοήθι Τ[·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·ΥΡΙΕΒΟΗΘΙΤ[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Κ
</unclear>
ύριε
βοήθι
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="undefined" >
τ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] Lord, help [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 VII.12.

Photographs:

Face (1972)
 Face (1972)

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