Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004

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239. Donor prayer from a church

Description

• Monument: White marble fragment (0.21 × 0.15 × 0.17) from the crowning feature of a balustrade; the top is smooth; one side has a moulded profile, the other is smooth, tapering inwards. The underside has been left rough. Resembles 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 107, 240.
• Text: Inscribed in one line on upper fascia of moulded profile.
• Letters: Lunate epsilon, cursive alpha; av. 0.035.
• Date: Fifth/sixth century or later (lettering).

Text

Translation

Eutychianus (gave or made) or Of Eutychianus.

Photographs

Face (1992)

Commentary

See discussion at VII.22.

Locations

• Found: Stray find.
• Original: An unidentified church, ?crowning the chancel barrier.
• Last Recorded: Museum.

History

• Recording: Recorded by the NYU excavation in 1992 (92.47).
• Bibliography: Unpublished.
• Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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