132. Graffiti: names and prayers Charlotte M. Roueché 2003

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Description of Monument

Fragment from a white marble balustrade, broken in two, with a cross in relief on one side (0.36 × 0.31 × 0.155); the upper edge has a boss protruding from it, and a polished surface, on which are several finely cut graffiti. Description of text: i at upper edge; ii below i; iii along lower edge. There are further traces of letters.

Description of Letters

Av. c. 0.005.

Date

Fifth-sixth century or later (content, location).

Edition τοῦ Θεοφύλακτος τοῦ ργλχ Γαιόργηος Γεοργηίου Κύριε βωήθι.Γεορ Ἰωαννηςμήτηρ θεοῦ. Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Παλμα Κωνσταντῖνος τοῦ βτηΜηχαήλ
Translation i. Theophylact. ii. George. son of George. Lord help. George. iii. John. Mother of God. Michael son of Palmas. Constantine ... Michael.
Commentary

See discussion at VIII.13.

Found

Temple-Church.

Original Location

Unknown.

Last Recorded Location

Museum.

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition; read and measured by J.M. Reynolds in 1966, since when some of the surface has been broken away, and the block broken in two.

Bibliography

Published Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 132, and plate xxxii, whence PHI 802, 803, 790, 768.

Text Constituted From

Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

Photographs

Face (1980)

Fragment with underside (1980)

Underside of block (1985)

Category of Text

prayer/invocation.

Category of Monument

balustrade.