Description:
The lower right corner of a large plain white marble masonry block (H. 0.23 × W. 0.65 × D. 0.13).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
Av. 0.08, omicron 0.03.
Date:
Fifth-sixth century or later (content).
Findspot:
Theatre.
Original Location:
Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Museum.
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1970 (70.228).
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 136, and plate xxxiii whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 772.
Text constituted from:
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
1·· ? ··]
2 [·· ? ··] v. Ε̣Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣Ο̣Ι̣[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··] Κύριε βοήθι v.
1·· ? ··]
2[ - - - ] ······[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ]ΚΥΡΙΕΒΟΗΘΙ 
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ειιιοι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
Κύριε
βοήθι
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] Lord, help.

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 VIII.15.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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