2.402. Graffiti: Prayers and names
- Description:
- A blue marble column.
- Text:
- ii. below i.; iii. below ii.; iv. to left of iii., arranged in a cross monogram; v. below iii.; vi. below and to right of v. There are other, less intelligible, graffiti.
- Letters:
- i: av. 0.02. ii: 0.008. iii: above, 0.055; below, 0.02-0.04. iv: monogram, H. 0.10, W. 0.095. v: 0.015-0.03. vi: 0.001.
- Date:
- Fifth to sixth centuries A.D. or later (content, location).
- Findspot:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area, 'Bishop's Palace'; lying loose.
- Original Location:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 134 i-vi, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 769, 770, 794, 795, 796, 797.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- i
- 1 Κ(ύρι)ε βοΐθη Κ̣Α̣Τ̣ΑΚ̣ΟΥ̣ΛΩΝ ἁμαρτολών cross
- ii
- 1 v. Κ(ύρι)ε βοΐθησον v.
- iii
- 1ΒΑ
- 2Θεοφάνης.
- iv
- 1 cross cross Ῥωμ(α)ν(ός).
- v
- 1Φήλιππος.
- vi
- 1Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς cross Χ(ριστὸ)ς
- 2νι cross κᾷ
- i
- 1ΚΕΒΟΙΘΗ···Α·Ο·ΛΩΝΑΜΑΡΤΟΛΩΝ cross
- ii
- 1 ΚΕΒΟΙΘΗΣΟΝ
- iii
- 1ΒΑ
- 2ΘΕΟΦΑΝΗΣ
- iv
- 1 cross cross ΡΩΜΝ
- v
- 1ΦΗΛΙΠΠΟΣ
- vi
- 1ΙΣ cross ΧΣ
- 2ΝΙ cross ΚΑ
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Κ
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ύρι
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ε
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βοΐθη
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κατ
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α
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κ
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ο
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υ
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λων
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ἁμαρτολών
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Κ
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ύρι
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ε
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βοΐθησον
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βα
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Θεοφάνης
.
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Ῥωμ
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α
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ν
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ός
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Φήλιππος
.
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Ἰ
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ησοῦ
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ς
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Χ
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ριστὸ
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ς
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νι
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κᾷ
Translation:
i. Lord help [·· ? ··] a sinner.
ii. Lord help [·· ? ··]
iii. Theophanes.
iv. Romanos.
v. Philippos.
vi. Jesus Christ is victorious.
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VIII.14.
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