Description:
Fragment, broken on all sides (H. 0.18 × W. 0.38 × D. 0.21), from a white marble architrave block, from which two stepped fascia survive.
Text:
Inscribed on the two fasciae.
Letters:
0.055 (omicron)-0.065; clear, simple.
Date:
Fourth/fifth/sixth century (lettering).
Findspot:
Theatre.
Original Location:
?An unidentified church.
Last recorded location:
Museum.
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.18).
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 104 , and plate xxviii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 602.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
1[·· ? ··] ΕΡ̣Μ̣Ι̣ [·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··] τ̣ὸν ἅγιον [·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]Ε···[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·ΟΝΑΓΙΟΝ[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ε
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρμι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
ὸν
ἅγιον
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] ?the holy (i.e. saint) [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 VII.18.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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