106. Heliodorus, builder or donor Charlotte M. Roueché 2003

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Description of Monument

Fragment from a blue-grey marble lintel or cornice block (0.25 x 0.14 x 0.38) with a moulded profile.

Description of Text

Inscribed in one line on one fascia (H. 0.05) of front moulding.

Description of Letters

0.025; clear and irregular; scroll for abbreviation; ΩΡ in ligature.

Date

Fifth/sixth/seventh century (lettering, terminology)

Edition Ἡλιόδωρος ὁ ἐλάχιστος
Translation Heliodorus, the least of men,
Commentary

See discussion at VII.20.

Found

Found among the ruins of a small building some way outside the southwestern stretch of the city walls.

Original Location

An unidentified church

Last Recorded Location

Findspot

History of Recording

Found by the NYU expedition in 1973.

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 106 and plate xxviii, whence PHI 611.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

Face (1973)

Category of Text

building inscription

Category of Monument

cornice