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Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (2004).

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Description of Monument

Four fragments, two of which join, from a series of long, slightly concave white marble cornice blocks. a., two joining fragments, with left edge surviving, 0.76, 0.355; b., apparently a complete block, 0.535, 0.39; c., complete at right, perhaps at left, 0.485, 0.36.

Description of Text

Inscribed in one line along the slightly concave edge (0.16).

Description of Letters

0.08; tall and clear-cut, with triangular trenches.

Date

Sixth century A.D., or later

Edition
ἐκ Μαρίης θεοπαῖδος ἀπηνέος
θεοδέγμονα κῆπον
νι θῆκα τὸ δῶμα
Apparatus

b. Reinach read ΘΕΟΔΕΙΜΟΝΑ which was correctly emended by Grégoire.

c. ἀνεθήκατο Grégoire; ἀνίθηκα τὸ ALA ed. 1; νι θῆκα τὸ Feissel (1991); θήκατο Feissel (2002).

Translation

a. From Mary, whose child was God, of harsh

b. the God-receiving garden

c. I set the house.

Commentary

See discussion at VII.16.

Locations

a. Martyrion: section 5, south wall. b. 'narthex, côté nord' of the Temple (Gaudin); found in the Temple/Church by the NYU expedition (1961: notebook 4, 15); c: 'Geira, Haus des Ishiklar, hoch oben eingemauert' (Kubitschek), 'in a house wall' (MAMA), stray find (NYU)..Martyrion or Temple/Church?. Museum..

History of Recording

c copied by Kubitschek (K.V.6) and by Reichel (R.I.30) and by the MAMA expedition; b recorded by Gaudin (69); a, b and c recorded by the NYU expedition in 1961, 1962 and 1969 (a: 62.437, c: 69.360)

Bibliography

b. Published by Reinach, from Gaudin, no. 207, whence IGC 263 and, from Reichel, 264bis; c. published from the MAMA records by Cormack, MAMA 8, no. 603; all published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 100 and plate xxvi, whence discussion by Feissel (1991), 372, n.25, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 709, Steinepigramme 02/09/97.

Text Constituted From

Publications; Kubitschek and Reichel notebooks; transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

A: Left end (1977)
A: Right end (1977)
A: Assembled (1972)
B: Face (1969)
C: Face (1977)

Representations

C: Transcription by Kubitschek, Notebook 5, p.6
C: Transcription by Reichel, Notebook 1, page 30