Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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142. Prayer
Description
- Monument:
Blue marble column.
- Text:
The inscription is cut 0.26 above the lower end of the
column, and the inscribed area measures 0.43 by 0.23. Above the text
is a depiction of a Christian sanctuary: two spiral columns support an
arch, with a pointed roof surmounted by a cross. From the arch hangs a
lamp, flanked by two candles and two birds. The candles stand on a
rail between the columns, from which hang curtains, looped back to
reveal a large cross, flanked by an angel and a saint. Two birds are
perched on the capitals of the columns. The design and the letters
have been cut with a fine-pointed implement.
- Letters:
0.008-0.017.
- Date:
Fourth century or later (content).
Text
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Κύριε ὁ θεὸς
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ὁ ἐπ̣ά̣νο τὸν
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οὐρανῶν, βοήθησον
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κὲ οἰκονόμεσον
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τὸν δοῦλον σου
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Κερεκόκκ̣ι̣ω̣ν
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τὼν κὲ Κου̣ρ̣εων
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Translation
Lord, the God who is above the heavens, help and provide
for your servant ?Cerecoccius, also called ?Curius.
Apparatus
l.7. Perhaps Κομεων.
Photographs
| View of portico (1985)
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Face (1977)
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Right side view
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Theatre Baths,east portico: western colonnade
(2004)
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Commentary
See discussion at VIII.19.
Locations
- Found:
Theatre Baths: east portico, west side. Cut on the first
column from the north: see plan 6.
- Original:
Findspot.
- Last Recorded:
Findspot.
History
- Recording:
Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias
in Late Antiquity no. 142 and plate xxxiv; not in PHI.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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