Description of Monument
Fragment from a white marble slab (0.25 × 0.23 × 0.07), of which part of the left side survives.
Description of Text
Inscribed on the face.
Description of Letters
0.02-0.03; irregular, clear.
Date
Sixth century (lettering)
Edition
ο θεοφιλέσ
τατος ἐπίσκο
πος Ὀρθαγόρας
καὶ τοῦτο ε
ω ὑπὸ αὐτὸ
ἐξέχωσα ο
μησατο
αψ
Translation
The bishop most dear to God, Orthagoras also made this
beneath it ? I cleared out
Commentary
See discussion at VI.36 and, for Orthagoras, List of Bishops Orthagoras.
Found
Theatre: south analemma.
Original Location
Unknown.
Last Recorded Location
Museum.
History of 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).
Category of Text
building inscription; bishop
Category of Monument
panel