8.274. Orthagoras, bishop, undertakes building work
- Description:
- Fragment from a white marble panel (H. 0.25 × W. 0.23 × D. 0.07), of which part of the left side survives.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.02-0.03; irregular, clear.
- Date:
- Sixth century (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Theatre: south analemma.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.343).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 90 and plate xxiii , whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 631.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[··]Ο̣ θεοφιλ̣[έσ]-
- 2[τ]ατος ἐπ[ίσκο]-
- 3[πο]ς Ὀρθαγό[ρας]
- 4[κα]ὶ τοῦτο Ε̣[···]
- 5[·]Ω ὑπὸ αὐτ̣[?ὸ···]
- 6ἐξέχωσα Ο̣[···]
- 7ΜΗΣΑΤΟ̣[·· c. 4 ··]
- 8ΑΨ[·· c. 8 ··]
- 9[·· ? ··
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[··]·ΘΕΟΦΙ·[··]
- 2[·]ΑΤΟΣΕΠ[····]
- 3[··]ΣΟΡΘΑΓΟ[···]
- 4[··]ΙΤΟΥΤΟ·[···]
- 5[·]ΩΥΠΟΑΥ·[····]
- 6ΕΞΕΧΩΣΑ·[···]
- 7ΜΗΣΑΤ·[····]
- 8ΑΨ[········]
- 9[·· ? ··
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ο
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θεοφι
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λ
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έσ
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τ
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ατος
ἐπ
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ίσκο
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<supplied
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πο
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ς
Ὀρθαγό
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ρας
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<supplied
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κα
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ὶ
τοῦτο
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ε
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<orig
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ω
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ὑπὸ
αὐ
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τ
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ὸ
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ἐξέχωσα
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ο
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<lb
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<orig
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μησατ
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ο
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<lb
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<orig
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αψ
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Translation:
The bishop most dear to God, Orthagoras [?also made] this [·· ? ··] beneath it [·· ? ··]? I cleared out [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VI.36.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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