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Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (2004).

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Description of Monument

White marble column plinth.

Description of Text

Inscribed on upper moulding of face, i: to left; ii: to right. Below ii an indecipherable monogram.

Description of Letters

i: 0.035-0.04. ii: more lightly cut; letters c. 0.05; scroll for abbreviation.

Date

First to tenth centuries A.D. (context)

Edition
λαιιβ οἱ οἰκοδόμοι.
ἐπιμεληθέντος
Translation i. the builders. ii. Under the supervision of
Commentary

See discussion at VIII.11.

Locations

Found: Temple/Church: south aisle, on the upper moulding of the south face of the base of the third column from the east: .. Original location: Findspot.. Last recorded location: Findspot..

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 128, and plate xxxii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 594, 595.

Text Constituted From

Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

Photographs

View (1976)
Text (KTE)
View from south (2004)
View from south (2004)