Godfearers and Inscriptions of Aphrodisias

The Aphrodisias inscription 11.55 is crucial for the debate surrounding the identity of Luke's "Godfearers" in Acts, tipping the scales in favour of the historicity of such a category of Gentiles (in the opinion of many, at least). The inscription clearly distinguishes born Jews from both proselytes and Godfearers, the pattern of Jewish and non-Jewish names bearing out the ethnic divisions (see the discussion in Levinskaya, The Book of Acts in its Diaspora Setting, pp 70-80).

I was delighted to discover the IAP website, Insciptions of Aphrodisias, where one can find transcriptions, translations, bibliography, high quality photographs, and more of inscriptions recovered from the ruins in south-west Turkey (ancient Asia Minor). Here is the relevant page. Below is a photograph of face b II lines 34-44. The first 14 letters are [Κ]αὶ ὅσοι θεοσεβῖς ("and all who are Godfearers"/"the following Godfearers"). What follows are names and occupations; notably, the first nine persons are city-councillors (βουλ[ευτής]).