Description:
Three fragments, which join, of a circular white marble panel (H. 0.42 × W. 0.37 × D. 0.055), of which the upper edge survives.
Text:
Inscribed across the face.
Letters:
The letters are outstandingly irregular, varying from 0.04 to 0.08, and it is difficult even to determine their proper order. Cursive sigma, very ornate pi. ΟΥ in ligature, double line above letter as abbreviation.
Date:
Late imperial (lettering).
Findspot:
Stray finds.
Original Location:
Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Museum.
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1966, 1977, 1985 (69.88, 77.101, 85.123).
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 216 and plate xlv. Not in PHI.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
1ΩΤΖ̣Η
2 λάπης Α̣
3[·· ? ··]ΤΣΛ[·]
4[·· ? ··]Σ̣Ι̣ΩΙ̣[·]
5[·· ? ··]Γ̣(—) τοῦ Τ(—) [·]
6[·· ? ··]θΚΔ̣[··]
7[·· ? ··]Σ[·· ? ··]
8 [·· ? ··
1ΩΤ·Η
2ΛΑΠΗΣ·
3[ - - - ]ΤΣΛ[·]
4[ - - - ]··Ω·[·]
5[ - - - ]·ΤΟΥΤ[·]
6[ - - - ]ΘΚ·[··]
7[ - - - ]Σ[ - - - ]
8[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ωτ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ζ
</unclear>
η
</orig>
<lb n="2" />
λάπης
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
</orig>
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
τσλ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
σι
</unclear>
ω
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<abbr>
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
γ
</unclear>
</orig>
</abbr>
τ
οῦ
<abbr>
<orig n="unresolved" >
τ
</orig>
</abbr>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
θ
<orig n="unresolved" >
κ
<unclear reason="damage" >
δ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
σ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] of filth [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 XI.22.

Photographs:

Assembled (1985)
 Assembled (1985)

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