5.122. ?Donor prayer from a church
- Description:
- White marble fragment (H. 0.28 × W. 0.08 × D. 0.07), from the crowning feature of a balustrade; the top is smooth; one side has a moulded profile, the other is smooth and vertical. The underside has been left rough. Resembles 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.192, 15.359.
- Text:
- Inscribed in one line on upper fascia of moulded profile.
- Letters:
- Cursive omega; ave. 0.022.
- Date:
- Fifth/sixth century or later (lettering, content).
- Findspot:
- Hadrianic Baths: dump of stones west of the baths.
- Original Location:
- An unidentified church: crowning the chancel barrier.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU excavation in 1994 (94.33).
- Bibliography:
- Published by •Roueché (2004), 240.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ·· ?ὑπὲρ ἀφέσεως] ἁ̣μαρτιῶν v. Τ[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ············]·ΜΑΡΤΙΩΝ Τ[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ὑπὲρ
ἀφέσεως
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ἁ
</unclear>
μαρτιῶν
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="execution"
>
</orig>
τ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Apparatus
The final letter may be a cross
Translation:
[·· ? ··] sins [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VII.22.
Photographs:
- View of block (1994)
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- Face (1994)
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