1.405. Prayer
- Description:
- White marble column plinth.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the lowest face of the moulding of the socle, which is broken away on both sides.
- Letters:
- 0.03–0.035.
- Date:
- Fifth to sixth century, or later (content, lettering).
- Findspot:
- Tetrapylon: column at the south west corner.
- Original Location:
- Findspot.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by •Roueché (2004), 248.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· c. 10 ·· ὑπὲρ σωτ]η̣ρίας τοῦ ἀρχιε̣[πισκόπου ·· ? ··]
- 1[·················]·ΡΙΑΣΤΟΥΑΡΧΙ·[········ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="10"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὑπὲρ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
σωτ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
η
</unclear>
ρίας
το
ῦ
ἀρχ
ι
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ε
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
πισκόπου
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="10-15"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
The restoration, by which I am persuaded, is that of Angelos Chaniotis.
Η might be Ψ,Δ, ΕΙ.
At the end,Ε might be Θ.
Translation:
[?For the salvation] of [·· ? ··] the ?chief, (or) the archbishop [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VII.18.
Photographs:
- Face (1988)
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- Block (1988)
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- Restored (1991)
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- View from south (2004)
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