First Christian funerary inscription of Athanasios, on
first face of panel; 4 or later?; found at Aphrodisias: *Roueché,
Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 163.a (PH).
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Roueché, Aphrodisias 163a
| 1 | ἐγὼ Ἀθανάσιος ὁ πάντα λιτουρ- |
| γήσας ἐν τῇδε τῇ ἐμαυτοῦ πα- | |
| τρίδι καὶ πολλὰ ἔτη ἀποδημή- | |
| σας καὶ πολ̣[λὰ] ἔ̣θνη εἱστορήσας | |
| 5 | καὶ πλε[ύσας π]ᾶσαν θάλασ- |
| σαν ἕω[ς Ὠκε]ανοῦ καὶ ἰδὼν | |
| πᾶν γέν̣[ος ἀ]νθρώπων καὶ σω- | |
| θεὶς ηὐ̣[ξάμη]ν τῷ θεῷ ∙ ἐλ- | |
| θεῖ̣ν [ἐν? τῇ π]ατρίδι μου καὶ | |
| 10 | ταφῆνα̣[ι παρὰ] τὰ ἴχνη τῶ[ν] |
| ἁγείων [μαρτύρ]ων? ἵν[α? τοῦ] | |
| παρακλ[ήτου? — ἐν ἡ]- | |
| μέρᾳ κρε[ίσεως —] | |
| τῷ ἀνα[—] | |
| 15 | Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς Χρ(ιστὸ)ς Πα(τὴρ)[—] |
| τὴν ψυχ[ὴν —] |