1.37. Fragments from a poem ?decorating a feature in the Temple-Church
- Description:
- Twenty-two white marble fragments, some joining, from the outer rim of a large circular feature (outer diam. 3 m, inner 2.55). The blocks were designed to be seen from below, and have elaborately ornamented trapezoidal panels on the underside (each c. 0.98 long); the panels each have a different pattern, which enables the grouping together of several fragments which do not join. The blocks are slightly convex, and the outer edge slopes outwards from bottom to top (H. H. 0.16); on it are a series of bosses with an ornamental cross (c. 0.40 apart).
- Text:
- The text runs in one line between the bosses, with a continuous line incised above and below it.
- Letters:
- av. 0.09; deep triangular trenches; elongated and ornate. Colon for stop in a after φύσιν, and in b: semi-colon in a after ΡΙΣ; horizontal line over abbreviation in k.
- Date:
- Tenth century A.D. (architecture, terminology)
- Findspot:
- Temple/Church: various locations, over several years.
- Original Location:
- Temple/Church.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Part of a, and k recorded by Gaudin (30); a-j excavated by the NYU expedition in 1962, 1963, 1964, or recorded as stray finds (62.104, 62.110, 62.174, 62.175, 62.176, 62.177, 62.178, 62.196, 62.197, 62.198, 62.199, 63.637, 64.129, and unnumbered).
- Bibliography:
- a. (part) and k. published from Gaudin by Reinach, no. 211, whence IGC 259; all published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 99 and plates xxv, xxvi (a. and c.), whence Steinepigramme 02/09/98; not in PHI.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- a
- 1[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ν boss [·· ? ··]Ι̣ boss ΚΩΣ φύσιν stop boss ΓΕ [·· ? ·· boss ·· ? ··] boss ΡΙΣ stop ἄγγέλ boss ων πρωτ̣[ο boss ] στάτ̣η̣[ς ·· ? ··]
- b
- 1[·· ? ··]Λ̣Ι̣Ι̣ων boss σῶμα νεκρ boss ῶν τῷ βίῷ stop boss [·· ? ··]
- c
- 1[·· ? ··] boss ΟΥ θυηπό boss λο̣[υ ·· ? ··]
- d
- 1[·· ? ··] Ω̣ΣΦΨ boss [·· ? ··]
- e
- 1[·· ? ··] Χ̣ριστῷ [·· ? ··]
- f
- ((perhaps from the end of a))
- 1 [·· ? ··] boss ΑΥΛ[·· ? ··]
- g
- 1[·· ? ··]Α̣ΛΛ[·· ? ··]
- h
- 1[·· ? ··]ΤΙΣΙ̣[·· ? ··]
- i
- 1[·· ? ··]ΚΟ boss [·· ? ··]
- j
- 1[·· ? ··] boss ΤΙ[·· ? ··]
- k
- 1[·· ? ··] Θ(ε)έ [·· ? ··]
- a
- 1[ - - - ]·Ν boss [ - - - ]· boss ΚΩΣΦΥΣΙΝ stop boss ΓΕ[ - - - ·· - - - ] boss ΡΙΣ stop ΑΓΓΕΛ boss ΩΝΠΡΩ·[···]ΣΤΑ··[· - - - ]
- b
- 1[ - - - ]···ΩΝ boss ΣΩΜΑΝΕΚΡ boss ΩΝΤΩΒΙΩ stop boss [ - - - ]
- c
- 1[ - - - ] boss ΟΥΘΥΗΠΟ boss Λ·[· - - - ]
- d
- 1[ - - - ]·ΣΦΨ boss [ - - - ]
- e
- 1[ - - - ]·ΡΙΣΤΩ[ - - - ]
- f
- ((perhaps from the end of a))
- 1 [ - - - ] boss ΑΥΛ[ - - - ]
- g
- 1[ - - - ]·ΛΛ[ - - - ]
- h
- 1[ - - - ]ΤΙΣ·[ - - - ]
- i
- 1[ - - - ]ΚΟ boss [ - - - ]
- j
- 1[ - - - ] boss ΤΙ[ - - - ]
- k
- 1[ - - - ]ΘΕ[ - - - ]
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ι
</unclear>
ν
</orig>
<g
type="boss"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
<g
type="boss"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
κωσ
</orig>
φύσιν
<g
type="stop"
/>
<g
type="boss"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
γε
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<g
type="boss"
/>
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
<g
type="boss"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ρισ
</orig>
<g
type="stop"
/>
ἄγγέλ
<g
type="boss"
/>
ων
πρω
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ο
<g
type="boss"
/>
</supplied>
στά
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τη
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ς
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
λιι
</unclear>
ων
<g
type="boss"
/>
σῶμα
νεκρ
<g
type="boss"
/>
ῶν
τῷ
βίῷ
<g
type="stop"
/>
<g
type="boss"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="c"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<g
type="boss"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ου
</orig>
θυηπό
<g
type="boss"
/>
λ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
υ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="d"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ω
</unclear>
σφψ
</orig>
<g
type="boss"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="e"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Χ
</unclear>
ριστῷ
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="f"
>
<note>
(perhaps from the end of a)
</note>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<g
type="boss"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
αυλ
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="g"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
α
</unclear>
λλ
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="h"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
τισ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="i"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="undefined"
>
κ
</unclear>
ο
</orig>
<g
type="boss"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="j"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<g
type="boss"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
τ
<unclear
reason="undefined"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="k"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Θ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
ε
</supplied>
<abbr>
</expan>
έ
</abbr>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Apparatus
f. Perhaps αὐλ[η·· ? ··]
Translation:
a. [·· ? ··] nature [·· ? ··] leader of angels [·· ? ··]
b. body of the dead, by life [·· ? ··]
c. [·· ? ··] priest [·· ? ··]
e. [·· ? ··] Christ [·· ? ··]
k. [·· ? ··] (o) God [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VII.8
Photographs:
- a. Fragment 1 (1969)
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- a. Fragment 1, underside (1969)
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- a. Fragment 2 (1969)
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- a. Fragment 2, underside (1969)
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- a. Fragment 3 (1969)
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- a. Fragment 3, underside (1969)
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- a. Fragment 4 (1969)
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- a. Fragment 5 (1969)
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- a. Fragment 6 (1969)
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- b. Fragment 1 (1969)
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- b. Fragment 1, underside (1969)
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- b. Fragment 3 (1969)
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- b. Fragment 3, underside (1969)
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- b. Fragment 4 (1969)
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- b. Fragment 4, underside (1969)
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- b. Assembled, left end (1972)
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- b. Assembled, right end (1972)
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- c. Fragment 1 (1969)
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- c. Fragment 1, underside (1969)
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- c. Fragment 2 (1969)
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- c. Fragment 3 (1969)
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- c. Fragment 3, underside (1969)
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- c. Assembled (1972)
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- d. Face (1969)
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- e. Face (1969)
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- f. Face (1969)
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- g. Face (1969)
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- g. Underside (1969)
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- i. Face (1966)
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- j. Face (1978)
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