14.14. ?Epitaph of bishop of Stratonicaea
- Description:
- A marble masonry block, broken above and to right (H. 0.32 × W. 0.69 × D. 0.09).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face; an iron clamp obscures part of the text.
- Letters:
- 'Schrift tief und bestimmt'; 0.025-0.05: dash for abbreviation; stigma for ΣΤ; at end, Υ above ΤΟ.
- Date:
- Seventh century or later (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Karaçasu: re-used in a fountain: 'Brunnen': 'heute zu einem Brustungsstein umgearbeitet'.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1893).
- History of discovery:
- Copied by Kubitschek (K.III.2, Abklatsch 97); not reported subsequently.
- Bibliography:
- Published from Kubitschek by Cormack (1964), no. 2, and p. 18, whence Robert (1966), 381 n. 4, Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 167; not in PHI.
- Text constituted from:
- Publications; Kubitschek notebook. This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··] [ἐπι]σκόπ(ου) Στ[ρ]ατονικείας τ(οῦ) v.
- 3 v.
- 1·· ? ··]
- 2[ - - - ][···]ΣΚΟΠΣΤ[·]ΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΙΑΣΤ
- 3
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<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="top"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἐπι
</supplied>
σκόπ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ου
</supplied>
Στ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ρ
</supplied>
ατονικείας
<expan>
<abbr>
τ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
οῦ
</supplied>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="vertical"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
[?Tomb of so-and -so] bishop of Stratonicaea.
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 IX.37
- Photographs:
- none.
Representations:
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