1.33. Graffiti: names and prayers

Description:
Fragment from a white marble balustrade, broken in two, with a cross in relief on one side (H. 0.36 × W. 0.31 × D. 0.155); the upper edge has a boss protruding from it, and a polished surface, on which are several finely cut graffiti.
Text:
i at upper edge; ii below i; iii along lower edge. There are further traces of letters.
Letters:
Av. c. 0.005.
Date:
Fifth to sixth centuries or later (content, location).
Findspot:
Temple/Church.
Original Location:
Temple/Church.
Last recorded location:
Museum.
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition; read and measured by J.M. Reynolds in 1966, since when some of the surface has been broken away, and the block broken in two.
Bibliography:
Published Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 132, and plate xxxii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 802, 803, 790, 768.
Text constituted from:
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
i
1[·· ? ··] τ(οῦ) [·· ? ··]
2Θεοφύλακτος τ(οῦ) Ρ̣Γ̣Λ̣Χ̣ [·· ? ··]
ii
1Γαιόργη̣ος cross
2 cross cross Γεοργηίου Κ(ύρι)ε cross βω(ήθι).
3Γεορ v.
iii
1Ἰω(αννης)
2μ(ήτη)ρ [θ](εο)ῦ Μιχ(αὴλ) τ(οῦ) Παλ̣μ̣α Κω(νσταντῖνος) τ(οῦ) Β̣Τ̣Η̣
3Μηχαήλ
i
1[ - - - ]Τ[ - - - ]
2ΘΕΟΦΥΛΑΚΤΟΣΤ····[ - - - ]
ii
1ΓΑΙΟΡΓ·ΟΣ cross
2 cross cross ΓΕΟΡΓΗΙΟΥΚΕ cross ΒΩ
3ΓΕΟΡ 
iii
1ΙΩ
2ΜΡ[·]ΥΜΙΧΤΠΑ··ΑΚΩΤ···
3ΜΗΧΑΗΛ
<div type="textpart_section" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<expan>
<abbr>
τ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
οῦ
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
Θεοφύλακτος
<expan>
<abbr>
τ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
οῦ
</supplied>
</expan>
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ργλχ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="ii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Γαιόργ
<unclear reason="damage" >
η
</unclear>
ος
<g type="cross" />
<lb n="2" />
<g type="cross" />
<g type="cross" />
Γεοργηίου
<expan>
<abbr>
Κ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ύρι
</supplied>
<abbr>
ε
</abbr>
</expan>
<g type="cross" />
<expan>
<abbr>
βω
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ήθι
</supplied>
</expan>
.
<lb n="3" />
Γεορ
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="iii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Ἰω
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
αννης
</supplied>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
μ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ήτη
</supplied>
<abbr>
ρ
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
θ
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
εο
</supplied>
<abbr>
ῦ
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Μιχ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
αὴλ
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
τ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
οῦ
</supplied>
</expan>
Πα
<unclear reason="damage" >
λμ
</unclear>
α
<expan>
<abbr>
Κω
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
νσταντῖνος
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
τ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
οῦ
</supplied>
</expan>
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
βτη
</unclear>
</orig>
<lb n="3" />
Μηχαήλ
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

i. Theophylaktos.

ii. Georgios. son of Georgios. Lord help. Georgios.

iii. Joannes. Mother of God. Michael ?son of Palmas. ?Konstantinos ... Michael.

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 VIII.13.

Photographs:

Face (1980)
 Face (1980)
Fragment with underside (1980)
 Fragment with underside (1980)
Underside of block (1985)
 Underside of block (1985)

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