Description of Monument

A white marble door post.

Description of Text

A cross has been carefully sculpted (H. 0.31), and the surface cut away around it; it is very similar to that on the facing door-post (1.21), but not so well centred. Text ii is arranged around the oval recessed area surrounding it; text i is some way above, text iii some way below. There are several other, less substantial, crosses inscribed on this door-post.

Description of Letters

i: a cross monogram, H. 0.17. ii: letters: 0.025-0.04. iii: letters: 0.015-0.025; lightly cut and partially erased.

Date

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

Edition

Apparatus

i was printed back to front by Reinach. ii was correctly transcribed by Fellows and Texier, but Reinach omitted Κυρίου, whence Grégoire restored Ανάληψης Πέτρου

iii. Reinach gave only 1. I; he and Grégoire read at the end Τροφίμῳ.

Translation i. Petros. ii. Ascension of the Lord. iii. Lord help your servant Ro

Commentary

See discussion at VIII.8.

Locations

Found: Temple/Church: Atrium, west door, on the south, face of the northern door-post: .. Original location: Findspot.. Last recorded location: Findspot..

History of Recording

ii copied by Texier, p1. 156; i and ii copied by Fellows; all recorded by Gaudin (i and ii, 26; iii, 27), and by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

i and ii published by Fellows, i on p. 31, ii on p. 361, no. 71; ii by Texier, iii p. 156; by Reinach, from Gaudin, i and ii as no. 204, iii as no. 205, whence Grégoire, 260, 257bis; all by Roueché, no. 118 i, ii, iii, whence McCabe 642, 641, 643.

Text Constituted From

Publications; transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

Photographs

Overview (1976)

i. Text (1972)

ii. Text (1972)

iii. Text (1972)

View of temple west door, from west (1972)

View from west (2004)