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Originally published in Roueché (2004).
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Description of Monument
Four fragments, two of which join, from a series of long, slightly concave white marblecornice blocks. a., two joining fragments, with left edge surviving, 0.76, 0.355; b., apparently a complete block, 0.535, 0.39; c., complete at right, perhaps at left, 0.485, 0.36.
Description of Text
Inscribed in one line along the slightly concave edge (0.16).
Description of Letters
0.08; tall and clear-cut, with triangular trenches.
Date
Sixth century A.D., or later
Edition
ἐκΜαρίηςθεοπαῖδοςἀπηνέος
θεοδέγμονακῆπον
νιθῆκατὸδῶμα
Apparatus
b. Reinach read ΘΕΟΔΕΙΜΟΝΑ which was correctly emended by Grégoire.
c. ἀνεθήκατο Grégoire; ἀνίθηκα τὸ ALA ed. 1; νι θῆκα τὸ Feissel (1991); θήκατο Feissel (2002).
Translation
a. From Mary, whose child was God, of harsh
b. the God-receiving garden
c. I set the house.
Commentary
See discussion at VII.16.
Locations
a. Martyrion: section 5, south wall. b. 'narthex, côté nord' of the Temple (Gaudin); found in the Temple/Church by the NYU expedition (1961: notebook 4, 15); c: 'Geira, Haus des Ishiklar, hoch oben eingemauert' (Kubitschek), 'in a house wall' (MAMA), stray find (NYU)..Martyrion or Temple/Church?. Museum..
History of Recording
c copied by Kubitschek (K.V.6) and by Reichel (R.I.30) and by the MAMA expedition; b recorded by Gaudin (69); a, b and c recorded by the NYU expedition in 1961, 1962 and 1969 (a: 62.437, c: 69.360)
Bibliography
b. Published by Reinach, from Gaudin, no. 207, whence IGC263 and, from Reichel, 264bis; c. published from the
MAMA records by Cormack, MAMA 8, no. 603; all published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 100 and plate xxvi, whence discussion by Feissel (1991), 372, n.25, McCabePHI Aphrodisias709, Steinepigramme02/09/97.
Text Constituted From
Publications; Kubitschek and Reichel notebooks; transcription (Roueché).