240. <seg cert="uncertain" part="N">Donor prayer</seg> from a church Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

White marble fragment (0.28 × 0.08 × 0.07), from the crowning feature of a balustrade; the top is smooth; one side has a moulded profile, the other is smooth and vertical. The underside has been left rough. Resembles 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 107, 239.

Description of Text

Inscribed in one line on upper fascia of moulded profile.

Description of Letters

Cursive omega; ave. 0.022.

Date

Fifth/sixth century or later (lettering, content).

Edition ὑπὲρ ἀφέσεως ἁμαρτιῶν τ
Apparatus

The final letter may be a

Translation sins
Commentary

See discussion at VII.22.

Found

Hadrianic Baths: dump of stones west of the baths.

Original Location

An unidentified church: crowning the chancel barrier.

Last Recorded Location

Museum.

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU excavation in 1994 (94.33).

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

View of block (1994)

Face (1994)

Category of Text

donor's inscription

Category of Monument

balustrade