103. Monograms of <seg cert="uncertain" part="N">donors</seg>, Mamas and Pakos Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

Two flat-sided white marble capitals, each inscribed on the long side, a: H. 0.55, W. 1.10; b: H. 0.50, W. 1.20.

Description of Text

Arranged around a cross.

Description of Letters

Clearly cut, with triangular trenches; a: 0.035; b: 0.02.

Date

Sixth century, or later (form of monogram).

Edition Μαμᾶ Πακοῦ
Translation i. Gift of Mamas ii. Gift of Pacos
Commentary

See discussion at VII.17. For monograms, see Introduction.11

Found

Fields: lying on the surface of a ploughed field just inside the south-east stretch of the city walls.

Original Location

An unidentified church

Last Recorded Location

Findspot.

History of Recording

Rcorded by the NYU expedition in 1983.

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 103.and plate xxvii, whence PHI 629, 630.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

A: Face (1983)

B: Face (1983)

Representations

Drawing of Monogram A

Drawing of Monogram B

Category of Text

monogram

Category of Monument

column capital