Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004

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113. Prayer of Asterius

Description

• 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)

Text

Translation

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

ii. Leo. Help[...]

Apparatus

There has been an attempt to erase the crosses.

Photographs

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

Commentary

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

Locations

• 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.

History

• 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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