Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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93. Prayer of donors, including Theodoretus and Cyriacus
Description
- Monument:
Seven blue-grey marble fragments, H. 0.16, D. 0.20 from the crowning feature of a balustrade: the top is smooth; one side has a moulded profile, the other is smooth, tapering
inwards. The underside has been left rough. Resembles 92, 94, 95, 96. a: three joining pieces, total W. 0.29; b: three joining pieces, total W. 0.30; c: w. 0.11.
- Text:
Inscribed in one line on upper fascia of moulded profile.
- Letters:
0.025; elongated.
- Date:
Fifth/sixth century (location, lettering).
Text
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[... π]ᾶσιν τ̣οῖς φιλοῦσιν αὐτὸ̣[ν ...]
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[... ?βοήθη]σ̣ον Θεοδ̣ωρήτῳ κ(αὶ) Κυριακῷ [...]
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[...] τοις διαφ̣[...]
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Translation
a. [... to] all that love him [...]
b. [... ?help] Theodoretus and Cyriacus [...]
Photographs
| a: Face (1977) |
b: Face (1977) |
c: Face (1977) |
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Commentary
See discussion at VII.10.
For the history of the Temple-Church see VII.4.
Locations
- Found:
Temple-Church: Six fragments in sector xv, one stray find.
- Original:
Temple-Church: ?Crowning the chancel barrier.
- Last Recorded:
Museum.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1962 (62.105, 62.201, and unnumbered).
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 93 and plate xxiv, whence PHI 649.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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