11.415. Monograms of ?donors, Mamas and Pakos
- Description:
- Two flat-sided white marble column capitals, each inscribed on the long side, a: H. H. 0.55, W. W. 1.10; b: H. H. 0.50, W. W. 1.20.
- Text:
- Arranged around a cross.
- Letters:
- Clearly cut, with triangular trenches; a: 0.035; b: 0.02.
- Date:
- Sixth century A.D., or later (form of monogram).
- Findspot:
- City, South-west: lying on the surface of a ploughed field just inside the south-east stretch of the city walls.
- Original Location:
- ?An unidentified church
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot.
- History of discovery:
- Rcorded by the NYU expedition in 1983.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 103 and plate xxvii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 629, 630.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- i
- 1(Μαμᾶ)
- ii
- 1(Πακοῦ)
- i
- 1 monogram
- ii
- 1 monogram
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Μαμᾶ
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Πακοῦ
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Translation:
i. (?Gift of) (Mamas)
ii. (?Gift of) (Pakos)
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VII.17.
Photographs:
- A: Face (1983)
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- B: Face (1983)
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Representations:
- Drawing of Monogram A
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- Drawing of Monogram B
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