134. Graffiti: Prayers and names Charlotte M. Roueché 2003

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Description of Monument

A blue marble column.

Description of Text

ii: below i. iii: below ii. iv: to left of iii. Arranged in a cross monogram. v: below iii. vi: below and to right of v. There are other, less intelligible, graffiti.

Description of Letters

i: av. 0.02. ii: 0.008. iii: above, 0.055; below, 0.02-0.04. iv: monogram, H. 0.10, W. 0.095. v: 0.015-0.03. vi: 0.001.

Date

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

Edition Κύριε βοΐθη κατακουλων ἁμαρτολών Κύριε βοΐθησον βαΘεοφάνης. Ῥωμανός. Φήλιππος. Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸςνικᾷ.
Translation i. Lord help a sinner. ii. Lord help iii. Theophanes. iv. Romanos. v. Philip. vi. Jesus Christ is victorious.
Commentary

See discussion at VIII.14.

Found

'Bishop's Palace'; lying loose.

Original Location

Unknown.

Last Recorded Location

Findspot.

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 134.i-vi, whence PHI 769, 770, 794, 795, 796, 797.

Text Constituted From

Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

Photographs

Overview (1973)

Overview (1973)

Overview (1975)

i. Right end (1966)

ii. Text (1966)

iii. Text (1966)

iv. Text (1966)

Category of Text

prayer/invocation.

Category of Monument

column.