Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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216. Sewer cover
Description
- Monument:
Three fragments, which join, of a circular white marble
panel (0.42 ×
0.37 × 0.055), of which the upper edge
survives.
- Text:
Inscribed across the face.
- Letters:
The letters are outstandingly irregular, varying from
0.04 to 0.08, and it is difficult even to
determine their proper order. Cursive sigma, very ornate pi. ΟΥ in ligature, double line above letter as
abbreviation.
- Date:
?Late imperial.
Text
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ωτζ̣η
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λάπης α̣
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[...]τσλ[.]
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[...]σ̣ι̣ωι̣[.]
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| 5 |
[...]γ̣ (?)τ(οῦ) τ(?)[.]
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[...]θκδ̣[..]
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[...]σ[...]
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[...] |
Translation
[...] of filth [...]
Photographs
Commentary
See discussion at XI.22.
Locations
- Found:
Stray finds.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Museum.
History
- Recording:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1969 and 1985 (69.
88).
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity
no. 216 and plate xlv. Not in PHI.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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