113. Prayer of Asterius

Monument: Masonry block in the wall of the Temple-Church.
Text: Texts i and ii are disposed on either side of a design described previously as a table, but in fact a measure. There are three of these marked out on the wall: 1. To the left of 113.ii, worn at the left; at least 0.60. 2. To the right of 113.i; well cut, 0.29, surmounted by a cross. 3. 5th block to east with a central divide - 0.62, divided into two spans of roughly 0.305. Text i, to the left, impinges slightly on this; text ii is to the right.
Letters:
Date: Fifth-sixth century or later (lettering, content)

i. For the prayer of Asterius, lute-player.

ii. Leo. Help[...]

There has been an attempt to erase the crosses.

i: Face Central design (1972) ii: Face View (2004) View (2004)

See discussion at VIII.2, for this type of text, and at VIII.3.

Found: Temple-Church: On a block in the outer face of the south wall, towards the east end: see plan 5.
Original: Findspot.
Last Recorded: Findspot.

Recording: Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 113.i and ii, and plate xxx, whence PHI 635, 654.
Text constituted from: Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

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