1.19. Prayer of Asterios

Description:: Masonry block in the wall of the Temple-Church.
Text:: Texts i and ii are disposed on either side of a design described previously as a table, but in fact a measure. There are three of these marked out on the wall: 1. To the left of 113.ii, worn at the left; at least 0.60. 2. To the right of 113.i; well cut, 0.29, surmounted by a cross. 3. 5th block to east with a central divide - 0.62, divided into two spans of roughly 0.305. Text i, to the left, impinges slightly on this; text ii is to the right.
Letters:: i: 0.04-0.09, deep and clear; ii 0.045, roughly cut.
Date:: Fifth to sixth centuries or later (lettering, content)
Findspot:: Temple/Church: On a block in the outer face of the south wall, towards the east end: .
Original Location:: Findspot.
Last recorded location:: Findspot.
History of discovery:: Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 113 i and ii, and plate xxx, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 635, 654.
Text constituted from:: Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).

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ὑπὲρ

εὐχῆς

Ἀστερίου

πανδούρου

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Λέον

βοήθη

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There has been an attempt to erase the crosses.

i. For the prayer of Asterios, lute-player.

ii. Leon. Help[·· ? ··]

See discussion at ala2004 VIII.2, for this type of text, and at ala2004 VIII.3.

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