Description of Monument
Fragment from a blue-grey marble lintel or cornice
block (0.25 x 0.14 x 0.38) with a moulded profile.
Description of Text
Inscribed in one line on one fascia (H. 0.05) of front
moulding.
Description of Letters
0.025; clear
and irregular; scroll for abbreviation; ΩΡ in ligature.
Date
Fifth/sixth/seventh century (lettering, terminology)
Edition
Ἡλιόδωρος ὁ ἐλάχιστος
Translation
Heliodorus, the least of men,
Commentary
See discussion at VII.20.
Found
Found among the ruins of a small building some way outside
the southwestern stretch of the city walls.
Original Location
An unidentified church
Last Recorded Location
Findspot
History of Recording
Found by the NYU expedition in 1973.
Bibliography
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 106 and plate xxviii, whence PHI 611.
Text Constituted From
Transcription (Roueché).
Category of Text
building inscription
Category of Monument
cornice