165. Epitaph of Theopropius, bishop Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

'Coarse marble block, with incised tabella ansata. H. 0.15, W. 0.95' (MAMA); depth presumably not measurable.

Description of Text

Inscribed within tabella.

Description of Letters

Clearly cut and angular, very similar to 166; 0.0275-0.0425.

Date

Fifth century or later (lettering).

Edition Θεοπροπίου ἐπισκόπου. ζῇ.
Translation Tomb of Theopropius, bishop. He lives.
Commentary

See discussion at IX.35. For Theopropius see also 166, and List of Bishops: Theopropius.

Found

Cemeteries: in the wall of the Turkish cemetery.

Original Location

Unknown.

Last Recorded Location

Museum.

History of Recording

Recorded by Gaudin (55); by the MAMA expedition; not reported subsequently.

Bibliography

Published by Reinach, no. 221, from Gaudin, whence Grégoire, IGC 254bis; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 602 and plate 21, whence Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 165, PHI 755.

Text Constituted From

Publications.

Representations

Image from MAMA Plate 21

Category of Text

funerary.

Category of Monument

masonry block.