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).  
[ ] 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 —]
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