103. Monograms of ?donors, Mamas and Pakos

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Description

Monument: Two flat-sided white marble capitals, each inscribed on the long side, a: H. 0.55, W. 1.10; b: H. 0.50, W. 1.20.
Text: Arranged around a cross.
Letters: Clearly cut, with triangular trenches; a: 0.035; b: 0.02.
Date: Sixth century, or later (form of monogram).

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i
	(Μαμᾶ)
ii
	(Πακοῦ)

Translation

i. (Gift of) (Mamas)

ii. (Gift of) (?Pacos)

Photographs

A: Face (1983) B: Face (1983)

Representations

Drawing of Monogram A Drawing of Monogram B

Commentary

See discussion at VII.17. For monograms, see Introduction.11

Locations

Found: Fields: lying on the surface of a ploughed field just inside the south-east stretch of the city walls.
Original: ?An unidentified church
Last Recorded: Findspot.

History

Recording: Rcorded by the NYU expedition in 1983.
Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 103.and plate xxvii, whence PHI 629, 630.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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