116. Prayer of Damocharis, cursorCharlotte M. Roueché2004
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Description of Monument
A thick panel of blue marble (0.52 × 0.57 × 0.18) with a crack down the left side of the
face.
Description of Text
Inscribed on the face.
Description of Letters
0.055-0.07;
well-cut; sigma both lunate and square; scroll for
abbreviation.
Date
Fourth-fifth century (lettering, terminology).
Edition
εὐχὴΦλαουίουΔαμοχάριδοςκούρσορος.
Translation
Prayer of Flavius Damocharis, cursor.
Commentary
See discussion at VIII.2, and, for
this type of text, at VIII.1.
Found
Museum site excavations.
Original Location
Unknown.
Last Recorded Location
Museum.
History of Recording
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1975 (75.5).
Bibliography
Published by Reynolds & Tannenbaum,
J&G, 137-138, no. 10 and plate, whence SEG1987.852, BE1988.888;
by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late
Antiquity no. 116 and plate xxx, whence PHI637.