8.603. Prayer
- Description:
- Blue marble column.
- Text:
- The inscription is cut 0.26 above the lower end of the column, and the inscribed area measures H. 0.43 × W. 0.23. Above the text is a depiction of a Christian sanctuary: two spiral columns support an arch, with a pointed roof surmounted by a cross. From the arch hangs a lamp, flanked by two candles and two birds. The candles stand on a rail between the columns, from which hang curtains, looped back to reveal a large cross, flanked by an angel and a saint. Two birds are perched on the capitals of the columns. The design and the letters have been cut with a fine-pointed implement.
- Letters:
- 0.008-0.017.
- Date:
- Fourth century A.D. or later (content).
- Findspot:
- Theatre Baths: east portico, west side. Cut on the first column from the north: .
- Original Location:
- Findspot.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 142 and plate xxxiv; not in PHI.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1Κύριε ὁ θεὸς
- 2ὁ ἐπ̣ά̣νο τὸν
- 3οὐρανῶν, βοήθησον
- 4κὲ οἰκονόμεσον
- 5τὸν δοῦλον σου
- 6Κερεκόκκ̣ι̣ω̣ν
- 7τὼν κὲ Κου̣ρ̣εων
- 1ΚΥΡΙΕΟΘΕΟΣ
- 2ΟΕ··ΝΟΤΟΝ
- 3ΟΥΡΑΝΩΝΒΟΗΘΗΣΟΝ
- 4ΚΕΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΕΣΟΝ
- 5ΤΟΝΔΟΥΛΟΝΣΟΥ
- 6ΚΕΡΕΚΟΚ···Ν
- 7ΤΩΝΚΕΚΟ··ΕΩΝ
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Κύριε
ὁ
θεὸς
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ὁ
ἐ
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πά
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νο
τὸν
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οὐρανῶν
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κὲ
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τὸν
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Κερεκόκ
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κιω
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ν
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τὼν
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Κο
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υρ
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εων
Apparatus
l.7. Perhaps Κομεων.
Translation:
Lord, the God who is above the heavens, help and provide for your servant ?Kerekokkios, also called ?Koureos.
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VIII.19.
Photographs:
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