133. Graffiti: names and prayers Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

Three fragments from a white marble panel or a coping polished at back and front, with upper and lower edges surviving in i and ii. Covered with small graffiti.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the upper surface.

Description of Letters

Scratched letters 0.015- 0.02. There is a horizontal bar above the omega of ΑΠΩ in ii.3.

Date

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

Edition Νικηφόρος Μιχαὴλ ὑποδιάκονος τοῦ Μιχαὴλ πατ βαδκν Μιχαήλ Ἰωάννης τουο Lower down ΚωνσταντῖνοςAt lower edgeΜιχαήλ Κωνσταντῖνος απω πλω ιιι πιστLower down Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ γράψας ιιω Μιχαὴλ υιλ τὸν δοῦλον Χριστοῦ
Apparatus

There are further traces on all these stones.

Translation i. Nicephorus. Michael, subdeacon. Michael Michael. ii. John . Constantine. Michael. Constantine. iii. Constantine who wrote (this) . Michael the servant of Christ.
Commentary

See discussion at VIII.13.

Found

Temple-Church.

Original Location

Unknown.

Last Recorded Location

Museum.

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1966 (66. 126).

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 133 whence PHI 791, 792, 793.

Text Constituted From

Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

Photographs

i. Face (1985)

ii. Face (1973)

iii. Face (1985)

Category of Text

prayer/invocation.

Category of Monument

coping stone.