Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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90. Orthagoras, bishop, undertakes building work
Description
- Monument:
Fragment from a white marble slab (0.25 × 0.23 × 0.07), of which part of the left side survives.
- Text:
Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
0.02-0.03; irregular, clear.
- Date:
Sixth century (lettering)
Text
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[..]ο̣ θεοφιλ̣[έσ-
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τ]ατος ἐπ[ίσκο- |
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πο]ς Ὀρθαγό[ρας]
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[κα]ὶ τοῦτο ε̣[... c. 3 ...]
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[.]ω ὑπὸ αὐτ̣[?ὸ... c. 3 ...]
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ἐξέχωσα ο̣[... c. 3 ...]
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μησατο̣[... c. 4 ...]
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αψ[... c. 8 ...]
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[...]
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Translation
The bishop most dear to God, Orthagoras [?also made] this
[...] beneath it [...]? I cleared out [...]
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Commentary
See discussion at VI.36 and, for Orthagoras, List of Bishops Orthagoras.
Locations
- Found:
Theatre: south analemma.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Museum.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.343).
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 90 and plate xxiii , whence PHI 631.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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