236. Building inscription from a church of St. Michael Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

White marble architrave block, broken to right (1.98 × 0.35 × 0.555) with a plain moulding, interrupted by mutules, above a single plain fascia. Probably Hellenistic.

Description of Text

Inscribed in two lines on the fascia, which is rough, perhaps from the erasure of another text, but more probably because it was never prepared for an inscription.

Description of Letters

Clear, angular; 0.05.

Date

Sixth century (lettering, formula).

Edition Μιχαὴλ βοήθι πᾶσι τοῖς καρποφοροῦσιν
Translation Michael, help all those who contribute.
Commentary

See discussion at VII.21

Found

Bingeç (Plarasa): stray.

Original Location

Unknown: the block is probably Hellenistic, re-used presumably in a church dedicated to St. Michael.

Last Recorded Location

Museum.

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1994.

Bibliography

Published by Smith and Ratté (1995), 40-1, whence BE 1995.731; Smith Aphrodisias 1992, KST XV-2 (1994), 192, whence BE 1996.385.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

Left fragment (1994)

Right fragment (1994)

Assembled (1994)

Category of Text

building inscription; prayer/invocation

Category of Monument

architrave