Greek inscription on a boundary stone of a sanctuary of an unnamed *Αrchangel, administered by 'the holy catholic church of the Parsadoi', found in Parsada (Lydia, western Asia Minor), probably late antique (4th-8th c.).
Evidence ID
E00803
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
+ ὅροι τοῦ ἁγί-
ου κὲ ἐνδό-
ξου ἀρχαν-
γέλου τῆς
ἁγίας κα[θο]-
λικῆς ἐκλ[η]-
σίας Παρ-
σάδον
'+ Boundaries (of the sanctuary) of the holy and glorious Archangel of the holy catholic church of Parsada.'
Text: IGC, no. 334.
Cult PlacesSeeking asylum at church/shrine
Cult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical ActivitySeeking asylum at church/shrine
Awarding privileges to cult centres
Cultic confraternities
Source
Boundary stone found in Parsa (Lydia, western Asia Minor, between Smyrna and Sardis), at the site of a cemetery.Discussion
The inscriptions indicates boundaries of a sanctuary of an *Archangel that was administered by the church of Parsada (the form of this toponym is apparently neuter, plural, hence the genitive Παρσάδων). Halkin believes that the mentioned Archangel is *Michael, but there is no reason to think so, except that *Michael was the most popular of all archangels venerated in Anatolia.Though this inscription does not say so explicitly, boundary stones were usually bestowed upon sanctuaries by emperors.
Bibliography
Edition:H. Malay, G. Petzl (eds.), New Religious Texts from Lydia (Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse 497; Ergänzungsbände zu den Tituli Asiae Minoris 28; Vienna: VÖAW, 2018), no. 12.
Grégoire, H. (ed.), Recueil des inscriptions grecques chrétiennes d'Asie Mineure, vol. 1 (Paris: Leroux, 1922), no. 334.
Further Reading:
Halkin, F., "Inscriptions grecques relatives à l'hagiographie, IX, Asie Mineure", Analecta Bollandiana 71 (1953), 82.
Robert, J., Robert, L., Hellenica. Recueil d'épigraphie, de numismatique et d'antiquités grecques, vol. 6: Inscriptions grecques de Lydie (Paris: La librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient Adrien Maisonneuve, 1948), 115 n. 1.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
20/10/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00191 | Archangels, unnamed or name lost | ἀρχάνγελος | Certain |
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