1.16. Prayer ?of donor
- Description:
- Two joining blue-grey marble fragments (H. 0.15 × W. 0.195 × D. 0.20), 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 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15.
- Text:
- Inscribed in one line on upper fascia of moulded profile.
- Letters:
- 0.03-0.035; square.
- Date:
- Fifth/sixth century (location, lettering).
- Findspot:
- Temple/Church: stray find.
- Original Location:
- Temple/Church: ?Crowning the chancel barrier.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 96 and plate xxiv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 652.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··] Κ(ύρι)ε ὁ θ(εό)ς ΤΟ[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]ΚΕΟΘΣΤΟ[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Κ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
ύρι
</supplied>
<abbr>
</expan>
ε
</abbr>
ὁ
<expan>
<abbr>
θ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
εό
</supplied>
<abbr>
</expan>
ς
</abbr>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
το
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] Lord, the God [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VII.10.
Photographs:
- Face (1972)
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