8.269. Invocation
- Description:
- The lower right corner of a large plain white marble masonry block (H. 0.23 × W. 0.65 × D. 0.13).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Av. 0.08, omicron 0.03.
- Date:
- Fifth-sixth century or later (content).
- Findspot:
- Theatre.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1970 (70.228).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 136, and plate xxxiii whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 772.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1·· ? ··]
- 2 [·· ? ··] v. Ε̣Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣Ο̣Ι̣[·· ? ··]
- 3[·· ? ··] Κύριε βοήθι v.
- 1·· ? ··]
- 2[ - - - ] ······[ - - - ]
- 3[ - - - ]ΚΥΡΙΕΒΟΗΘΙ
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<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="top"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ειιιοι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
Κύριε
βοήθι
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] Lord, help.
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VIII.15.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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