Description:
A fragment of white marble revetment panel with upper and lower edges (W. 0.26 × H. 0.21 × D. 0.04); there are traces of cement on the face from subsequent re-use.
Text:
Inscribed in two lines on the face.
Letters:
l.1, 0.07, l.2, 0.065; triangular trenches; ornate.
Date:
Fourth/fifth/sixth century (lettering)
Findspot:
Hadrianic Baths: north-west area, trench 1.
Original Location:
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977).
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1963 (63.356).
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 49 and plate xii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 598.
Text constituted from:
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
1[·· ? ··]Λ̣ΙΩΝ̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]ΤΡΗ[·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·ΙΩ·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΤΡΗ[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
ιω
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
τρη
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

No words determinable.

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 IV.37.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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