Description of Monument
A white marble masonry block, broken to the right (1.15 × 0.95 ×
0.30), with holes for clamps below the upper edge. If, as seems
likely, the large cross was central to the block, the original width
of the block was 2m, and it extended to the corner of the
bastion.
Description of Text
Disposed on either side of a large inscribed cross (H.
0.85, original W. 0.50).
Description of Letters
0.015-0.035;
clear, cursive; in l.3. cross as an abbreviation mark over θεοῦ.
Date
Fifth century or later (lettering, content).
Edition
ὁ ῥίπτων χώματα ἐν τῷ τιχίῳ ἔχει τὸ
ἀνά
θεμα ἀπὸ τῶν τιη πατέρων ὡς ἐκθρὸς
τοῦ θεοῦ
Translation
He who throws earth ? on the wall has anathema from the 318 fathers as an enemy of God.
Commentary
See discussion at VII.32.
Locations
Walls, East (south part): 'dans un mur du jardin' (Paris and
Holleaux); 'Maison Hussein Chaous' (Reinach); re-used on the southern face of a bastion.. Unknown.. Findspot..
History of Recording
Copied by Paris and Holleaux; recorded by Gaudin (10); by
the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography
Published Paris and Holleaux, , no. 13, whence Ramsay, CBP 555, no. 429; by Reinach, no. 18, from Gaudin, whence IGC 248, DACL 1, col. 193, vol. 14, col. 796, no. 23; by Cormack MAMA 8, no. 428 and plate, from the MAMA records, ; by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 112 and plate xxix, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 762.
Text Constituted From
Publications; transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).