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Originally published in Roueché (2004).
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Description of Monument
Four fragments—three of which join to form a.—from a series of white marblepanels with three fasciae, divided by grooves, and diminishing in height from top to bottom; a: three joining fragments, with left edge surviving (0.30 × 0.69 × 0.025). b: broken at both ends (0.30 × 0.51 × 0.055). Such variation in the thickness of revetment panels over a large area is not unusual.
Description of Text
Inscribed on the upper, tallest fascia.
Description of Letters
0.11; Φ is at least 0.17, extending onto the fascia below, and must have extended on to the panel above. Simple, lightly cut.
Date
?Fourth century (lettering).
Edition
ΦλαβίουΣεπτιμι
μητροπολ
Translation
a. Flavius Septimius
b. metropolis
Commentary
See discussion at III.41.
Locations
Found: Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area, 'Bishop's Palace': a found re-used as a step in a doorway of the apsed room; b found in Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area: MAB, stratum 1.. Original location: Unknown.. Last recorded location: Museum (1977)..
History of Recording
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1966 (66.155).
Bibliography
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 35 whence McCabePHI Aphrodisias666.