15.352. Dedication from a church (?building inscription)
- Description:
- A fragment, broken on both sides and below (H. 0.155 × W. 0.36 × D. 0.08), from the upper edge of a white marble balustrade panel which had open arcading below.
- Text:
- Inscribed in one line along the upper rim.
- Letters:
- 0.03.
- Date:
- Fifth/sixth century or later (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Stray find.
- Original Location:
- ?An unidentified church.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1979 (79.19).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 105, and plate xxviii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 711.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··]ΝΗ θεῷ καὶ ἀγγέλοις Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]ΝΗΘΕΩΚΑΙΑΓΓΕΛΟΙΣ···[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
νη
</orig>
θεῷ
καὶ
ἀγγέλοις
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ιιι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] to God and angels [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VII.19.
Photographs:
- Face (1980)
-
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (You may need the EpiDoc DTD v. 5 to validate this file.)