1.192. ?Church donor's inscription
- Description:
- Two fragments, not joining, from a white marble balustrade/parapet rim (of the same kind as 1.12-1.16) with a smooth top, moulded front, rough back and lower edge (H. 0.145, D. 0.175; W.: a: 0.22; b: 0.20).
- Text:
- Inscribed on upper rim.
- Letters:
- 0.012-0.025; clearly but very irregularly cut; diaeretic dots on Ι.
- Date:
- Fifth to seventh centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- a. Temple/Church: East Temenos area—surface find during clearing; b. Acropolis in 1970
- Original Location:
- An unidentified church: crowning the chancel barrier
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1978)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU excavation, a in 1963, b in 1970 (63.24, 70.44).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 107 and plate xxviii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 612.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- a
- 1[·· ? ··]ΟΥ σπουδῇ Ἰωάννου
- b
- 1[·· ? ··]ΩΣ τούτ̣ου ΑΙ̣[·· ? ··]
- a
- 1[ - - - ]ΟΥΣΠΟΥΔΗΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ
- b
- 1[ - - - ]ΩΣΤΟΥ·ΟΥΑ·[ - - - ]
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type="textpart_fragment"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ου
</orig>
σπουδῇ
Ἰωάννου
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ως
</orig>
τού
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
</unclear>
ου
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
α
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
a. [·· ? ··] by the effort of ?John [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
For discussion see ala2004 VII.22.
Photographs:
- a. Face (1966)
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- b. Face (1972)
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- Together (1978)
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