Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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166. Epitaph of Theopropius, bishop
Description
- Monument:
A white marble lintel block, broken in two (0.15 ×
c. 1.15 × 0.455) over the entrance to a tomb chamber. A
second chamber was subsequently constructed at right angles to the
first, and the lintel over its entrance abuts on to our inscription,
partially obscuring the right end.
- Text:
Inscribed along the face.
- Letters:
The angular letters are similar to those of 165; 0.035. The Υ at
the end of the name is 0.045, and the one letter serves as the ending
of the two words in the genitive.
- Date:
Fifth century or later.
Text
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Α chi-rho Ω Θεοπροπ̣[ίο]υ leaf Α chi-rho Ω ζῇ
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ἐπισκ̣[όπο]υ.
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Translation
(Tomb of) Theopropius, bishop. He lives.
Photographs
| Left fragment (1978)
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Right fragment (1978)
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Both fragments (1978)
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Commentary
See discussion at IX.35. For
Theopropius see also 165, and List of Bishops Theopropius.
Locations
- Found:
Cemeteries: in the Turkish cemetery (which lies over an
earlier cemetery).
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Findspot.
History
- Recording:
Exavated by the Department of Antiquities in 1978.
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias 166, whence PHI
754.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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