[248] The bands of marble on which the inscription is found were cut from marble slabs which once formed part of a balustrade, for the upper side of the bands is covered with carved work.
[249] Carmina Philae, i. pp. 115-16, lines 4, 7.
[250] Ibid. Heading to poem, and lines 10, 13-16. Second epitaph p. 117, lines 2, 5, 14.
[251] Turcograecia, pp. 16, 109, ἔνδον τῆς μικρᾶς ἐκκλησίας καὶ ὡραίας τοῦ παρεκκλησίου.
[252] τεθαμμένε (Cod. Mon. fol. 102).
[253] Alludes to the retirement of Glabas from the world as a monk.
[254] Her name as a nun.
[255] In the superscription to this epigram in the Florentine and Munich MSS. the name Γλαβᾶς is given.
[256] In these translations I have been assisted chiefly by Sir W. M. Ramsay, Professor Bury, and Mr. E. M. Antoniadi.