Description:
Fragment from a white marble panel (H. 0.25 × W. 0.23 × D. 0.07), of which part of the left side survives.
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
0.02-0.03; irregular, clear.
Date:
Sixth century (lettering)
Findspot:
Theatre: south analemma.
Original Location:
Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Museum.
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.343).
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 90 and plate xxiii , whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 631.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[··]Ο̣ θεοφιλ̣[έσ]-
2[τ]ατος ἐπ[ίσκο]-
3[πο]ς Ὀρθαγό[ρας]
4[κα]ὶ τοῦτο Ε̣[···]
5[·]Ω ὑπὸ αὐτ̣[?ὸ···]
6ἐξέχωσα Ο̣[···]
7ΜΗΣΑΤΟ̣[·· c. 4 ··]
8ΑΨ[·· c. 8 ··]
9[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[··]·ΘΕΟΦΙ·[··]
2[·]ΑΤΟΣΕΠ[····]
3[··]ΣΟΡΘΑΓΟ[···]
4[··]ΙΤΟΥΤΟ·[···]
5[·]ΩΥΠΟΑΥ·[····]
6ΕΞΕΧΩΣΑ·[···]
7ΜΗΣΑΤ·[····]
8ΑΨ[········]
9[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
</orig>
θεοφι
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
έσ
</supplied>
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
ατος
ἐπ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ίσκο
</supplied>
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
πο
</supplied>
ς
Ὀρθαγό
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρας
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
κα
</supplied>
τοῦτο
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ω
</orig>
ὑπὸ
αὐ
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6" />
ἐξέχωσα
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="7" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
μησατ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="8" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
αψ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="8" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="9" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

The bishop most dear to God, Orthagoras [?also made] this [·· ? ··] beneath it [·· ? ··]? I cleared out [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 VI.36.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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