Description:
A blue marble column.
Text:
ii. below i.; iii. below ii.; iv. to left of iii., arranged in a cross monogram; v. below iii.; vi. below and to right of v. There are other, less intelligible, graffiti.
Letters:
i: av. 0.02. ii: 0.008. iii: above, 0.055; below, 0.02-0.04. iv: monogram, H. 0.10, W. 0.095. v: 0.015-0.03. vi: 0.001.
Date:
Fifth to sixth centuries A.D. or later (content, location).
Findspot:
Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area, 'Bishop's Palace'; lying loose.
Original Location:
Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area.
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 134 i-vi, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 769, 770, 794, 795, 796, 797.
Text constituted from:
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
i
1 Κ(ύρι)ε βοΐθη Κ̣Α̣Τ̣ΑΚ̣ΟΥ̣ΛΩΝ ἁμαρτολών cross
ii
1 v. Κ(ύρι)ε βοΐθησον v.
iii
1ΒΑ
2Θεοφάνης.
iv
1 cross cross Ῥωμ(α)ν(ός).
v
1Φήλιππος.
vi
1Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς cross Χ(ριστὸ)ς
2νι cross κᾷ
i
1ΚΕΒΟΙΘΗ···Α·Ο·ΛΩΝΑΜΑΡΤΟΛΩΝ cross
ii
1 ΚΕΒΟΙΘΗΣΟΝ 
iii
1ΒΑ
2ΘΕΟΦΑΝΗΣ
iv
1 cross cross ΡΩΜΝ
v
1ΦΗΛΙΠΠΟΣ
vi
1ΙΣ cross ΧΣ
2ΝΙ cross ΚΑ
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ύρι
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ε
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βοΐθη
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ἁμαρτολών
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Κ
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ύρι
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ε
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βοΐθησον
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βα
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Θεοφάνης
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Ῥωμ
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α
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ν
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ός
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Φήλιππος
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ησοῦ
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ς
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Χ
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ριστὸ
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ς
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νι
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κᾷ
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Translation:

i. Lord help [·· ? ··] a sinner.

ii. Lord help [·· ? ··]

iii. Theophanes.

iv. Romanos.

v. Philippos.

vi. Jesus Christ is victorious.

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 VIII.14.

Photographs:

Overview (1973)
 Overview (1973)
Overview (1973)
 Overview (1973)
Overview (1975)
 Overview (1975)
i. Right end (1966)
 i. Right end (1966)
ii. Text (1966)
 ii. Text (1966)
iii. Text (1966)
 iii. Text (1966)
iv. Text (1966)
 iv. Text (1966)

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