E00830: Two Greek inscriptions: one on a reused architrave block, the other on a cornice found in situ, with invocations of *Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Found in the environs of the site of ancient Plarasa near Aphrodisias (Caria, western Asia Minor). Probably 5th/6th c.

Inscription 1:

Doric architrave block (Hellenistic or early Roman) unearthed during the widening of a road in Bingeç Köyū (ancient Plarasa, to the south-west of Aphrodisias, Caria, west Asia Minor). H. 0.35 m; W. 1.93 m; Th. 0.5 m.

+ Μιχαήλ, βοήθι πᾶ̣σ-
ι τοῖς καρποφοροῦσιν

'+ Michael, help all the contributors!'

Text: Smith & Ratté 1995.

Inscription 2:

An almost identical inscription from a ruined chapel sited to the east of the village of Kartıncalıdağ, in the immediate area of Plarasa, has been reported by Pierre Debord and Ender Varinlioğlu (2010). The stone carrying it is a moulded marble cornice, measuring: H. 0.36 m; W. 1.93 m; Th. 0.45 m.

+ Μιχαήλ, βοήθηι πᾶσι τοῖς καρποφοροῦσιν

'+ Michael, help all the contributors!'

Text: Debord & Varinlioğlu 2010, 352, no. 12.