Greek inscription cut in the face of a quarry in Şenol on the island of Prokonnesos (Sea of Marmara). The quarry is named after *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) or a sanctuary dedicated to her. Probably the 5th c. or later.
Evidence ID
E00729
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
+ λατομ(εῖον) τῆς Θεωτόκου
τῆς ἐν τῷ ὄρι +
'+ The quarry (of the church?) of the Theotokos, the one on the mountain. +'
Text: Asgari & Drew-Bear 2002, no. 7.
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintOther
Source
The inscription was cut in the face of a quarry, located in Şenol on the island of Prokonnesos, to the west of Salta Tapesi.Discussion
The inscription mentions a quarry called after the Theotokos or after a sanctuary consecrated to her (which perhaps owned the quarry).The Virgin is called ἡ ἐν τῷ ὄρι. ὄρος may mean literally 'a mountain' but also 'a desolate place, desert, monastery'. We find a similar description in Procopius, On the buildings V 9 (E05099) where it refers to the monastery of Mary on the Mount of Olives: τὸ (μοναστήριον) τῆς ἁγίας Μαρίας ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῶν Ἐλαιῶν.
The inscription can be dated to the 5th or later, as the term Theotokos ('bearer of God') is very unlikely to occur earlier.
Bibliography
Edition:Asgari, N., Drew-Bear, Th., "The quarry inscriptions of Prokonnesos", in: J. Herrmann, N. Herz and R. Newman (eds.), ASMOSIA V. Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1998 (London: Archetype Publications, 2002), 1-18.
Reference works:
L'Année épigraphique (2002), 1372.
Chroniques d'épigraphie byzantine, 247.
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 53, 1395.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
15/09/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | Θεωτόκος | Certain |
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