8.262. ?Dedication (building inscription), ?to a saint
- Description:
- Fragment, broken on all sides (H. 0.18 × W. 0.38 × D. 0.21), from a white marble architrave block, from which two stepped fascia survive.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the two fasciae.
- Letters:
- 0.055 (omicron)-0.065; clear, simple.
- Date:
- Fourth/fifth/sixth century (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Theatre.
- Original Location:
- ?An unidentified church.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.18).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 104 , and plate xxviii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 602.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··] ΕΡ̣Μ̣Ι̣ [·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··] τ̣ὸν ἅγιον [·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]Ε···[ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]·ΟΝΑΓΙΟΝ[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ε
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ρμι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
</unclear>
ὸν
ἅγιον
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] ?the holy (i.e. saint) [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VII.18.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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