Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

16.125. Christian prayer

Description: White marble paving slab, which is very worn: w: 0.445 × h: 0.79, depth not measurable

Text: Graffito on the upper part of the face

Letters: 0.04

Date: Fourth-sixth centuries CE (textual context)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Martyrion, in the flooring

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

[.. β]ο̣ήθι τοῦ δουλοῦ
Ϲ̣Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣ΦΕΝΟΝ̣
ἁ̣μαρτο̣λόϲ

Diplomatic

[··.].ΗΘΙΤΟΥΔΟΥΛΟΥ
....ΦΕΝΟ.
.ΜΑΡΤ.ΛΟϹ

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

[?Lord] help your servant [?]phenos, a sinner (?requests)

Commentary

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition in 1994

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1994)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1994)

Fig. 3. Face (M. Roueché, 1994)