i
((Menorah))
ii(((Cross)) with pendant from the arms, within an arc; above the arc, another ((Cross)) )
iiἌ(λφα) ((Cross)) Ὠ(μέγα) Ὠ(μέγα) ((Cross)) Ἄ(λφα)
Description: Blue marble column in two pieces, diam: 0.305. Lower part, including bottom rim, h: 1.02; upper part, broken at both ends h: 0.61
Text: Scratched, i: just above the bottom rim; ii on the upper part, iii to the right of ii.
Letters: i: 0.155. ii: Drawn with broad trenches, 0.29 0.175; two crosses, carefully cut, each 0.04; letters hanging from the arms, 0.01
Date: Second-third century. (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: City, in the Village, in excavation outside the dighouse gate.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum (1989)
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ii( † with pendant from the arms, within an arc; above the arc, another † )
iiΑ † ΩΩ † Α
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché
Not translatable
Bibliography
Recorded: New York University expedition I.87.30
Images
Fig. 1. i (Mossman Roueché, 1990)
Fig. 2. ii (Mossman Roueché, 1990)
Fig. 3. iii (Mossman Roueché, 1990)