Fragment of a Greek building inscription of a martyr shrine of *George (soldier and martyr, S00259) found near Kastollos (Lydia, western Asia Minor), probably late antique (4th-8th c.).
Evidence ID
E00802
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
[- - -] ἔκτισα τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου Γεωργ[ίου - - -]
1. Γεωργί[ου] Buresch, Γεωργίου Grégoire
'[- - -] I built the martyr shrine of Saint Georg[e - - -].'
Text: TAM V/3, no. 1530.
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Non Liturgical Activity
Cult building - unspecified
Martyr shrine (martyrion, bet sāhedwātā, etc.)
Non Liturgical ActivityConstruction of cult buildings
Source
Curved piece of marble found near a stable in a private house in Başıbüyük, close to the supposed site of Kastōllos. Preserved dimensions: H. 0,24 m; W. 1,28 m; Th. 0,45 m.Discussion
Based on the shape of the stone on which the inscription is carved, its editors, Josef Keil and Georg Petzl, hypothesise that the martyr shrine was a small circular building, c. 4 m in diameter (see TAM V 1, p. 75; TAM V 3, p. 106).Bibliography
Edition:Tituli Asiae Minoris V/3, no. 1530.
Tituli Asiae Minoris V/1, no. 229.
Grégoire, H. (ed.), Recueil des inscriptions grecques chrétiennes d'Asie Mineure, vol. 1 (Paris: Leroux, 1922), no. 341(bis).
Buresch, K., Aus Lydien. Epigraphisch-geographische Reisefrüchte, hinterlassen von Karl Buresch, eds. O. Ribbeck, H. Kiepert (Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1898. Reprint: Hildesheim 1977), 108-109, no. 49.
Further Reading:
Destephen, S., "Martyrs locaux et cultes civiques en Asie Mineure", in: J.C. Caillet, S. Destephen, B. Dumézil, H. Inglebert, Des dieux civiques aux saints patrons (IVe-VIIe siècle) (Paris: éditions A. & J. Picard, 2015), 90.
Halkin, F., "Inscriptions grecques relatives à l'hagiographie, IX, Asie Mineure", Analecta Bollandiana 71 (1953), 82.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
20/10/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00259 | George, soldier and martyr, and Companions | Γεωργίος | Certain |
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