Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004

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134. Graffiti: Prayers and names

Description

Monument: A blue marble column.
Text: ii: below i. iii: below ii. iv: to left of iii. Arranged in a cross monogram. v: below iii. vi: below and to right of v. There are other, less intelligible, graffiti.
Letters: i: av. 0.02. ii: 0.008. iii: above, 0.055; below, 0.02-0.04. iv: monogram, H. 0.10, W. 0.095. v: 0.015-0.03. vi: 0.001.
Date: Fifth-sixth century or later (content, location).

Text

i
	Κ(ύρι)ε βοΐθη κ̣α̣τ̣ακ̣(ου̣)λων ἁμαρτολών cross
ii
	vac. Κ(ύρι)ε βοΐθησον vac.
iii
	βα
	Θεοφάνης.
iv
	cross cross Ῥωμ(α)ν(ός).
v
	Φήλιππος.
vi
	Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς cross Χ(ριστὸ)ς
	νι cross κᾷ.

Translation

i. Lord help [...] a sinner.

ii. Lord help [...]

iii. Theophanes.

iv. Romanos.

v. Philip.

vi. Jesus Christ is victorious.

Photographs

Overview (1973)	Overview (1973)	Overview (1975)	i. Right end (1966)	ii. Text (1966)

iii. Text (1966)	iv. Text (1966)

Commentary

See discussion at VIII.14.

Locations

Found: 'Bishop's Palace'; lying loose.
Original: Unknown.
Last Recorded: Findspot.

History

Recording: Excavated by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 134.i-vi, whence PHI 769, 770, 794, 795, 796, 797.
Text constituted from: Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

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