Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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103. Monograms of donors, Mamas and Pakos
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).
Text
Translation
i. (Gift of) (Mamas)
ii. (Gift of) (?Pacos)
Photographs
| A: Face (1983) |
B: Face (1983) |
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Representations
| Drawing of Monogram A
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Drawing of Monogram B
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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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