1.17. Fragment of donor's prayer
- Description:
- Fragment from the lower edge of a blue-grey marble panel (H. 0.083 × W. 0.13 × D. 0.027).
- Text:
- Inscribed in one line along lower edge, below a moulded groove.
- Letters:
- 0.035; elongated; decorative lines drawn above and below.
- Date:
- Fifth-sixth century A.D. (lettering, content)
- Findspot:
- Temple/Church: section 4, stratum 4.
- Original Location:
- Temple/Church.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1962 (62.74).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 97 and plate xxv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 653.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··] Κ̣ύριε βοήθι Τ[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]·ΥΡΙΕΒΟΗΘΙΤ[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Κ
</unclear>
ύριε
βοήθι
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="undefined"
>
</orig>
τ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] Lord, help [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VII.12.
Photographs:
- Face (1972)
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