<rs type="textType">Dedication</rs> to Theos Hypsistos

Joyce M. Reynolds and Robert Tannenbaum1987

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Originally published in Reynolds and Tannenbaum (1987).

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Description of Monument

Two joining fragments forming a small rough white marble altar (0.10 × 0.26 × 0.10), with moulding above and below.

Description of Text

Inscribed on two adjacent faces (ll. 1-4 on a., 5-7 on b) with a text that runs from one to the other.

Description of Letters

Very irregular and poorly cut; not dateable: 0.015-0.025; lunate Σ, Ε; cursive Α.

Date

First century A.D. or later (nomenclature).

Edition
Μαρκιανὸςθεο῀ι
ὑψιστοι εὐχή
Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds)

Translation

Markianos to the Highest God (paid) his vow.

Commentary

See discussion, Reynolds and Tannenbaum. loc. cit.

Locations

Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area: a. 'MAB 13, Tr. 2, Str. 1'; b. 'S.W.B.P.1, Str. 1'.. Original location Unknown. Last recorded: Museum (1977)

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1965 and 1967 (65.357, 67.199).

Bibliography

Published by Reynolds & Tannenbaum, Jews and Godfearers at Aphrodisias, appendix, 11, whence BE 1988.888, SEG 1987.853, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 175.

Photographs

Side a.
Side b.