Two Greek inscriptions: one on a reused architrave block, the other on a cornice found in situ, with invocations of *Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Found in the environs of the site of ancient Plarasa near Aphrodisias (Caria, western Asia Minor). Probably 5th/6th c.
E00830
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements
Inscription 1:
Doric architrave block (Hellenistic or early Roman) unearthed during the widening of a road in Bingeç Köyū (ancient Plarasa, to the south-west of Aphrodisias, Caria, west Asia Minor). H. 0.35 m; W. 1.93 m; Th. 0.5 m.
+ Μιχαήλ, βοήθι πᾶ̣σ-
ι τοῖς καρποφοροῦσιν
'+ Michael, help all the contributors!'
Text: Smith & Ratté 1995.
Inscription 2:
An almost identical inscription from a ruined chapel sited to the east of the village of Kartıncalıdağ, in the immediate area of Plarasa, has been reported by Pierre Debord and Ender Varinlioğlu (2010). The stone carrying it is a moulded marble cornice, measuring: H. 0.36 m; W. 1.93 m; Th. 0.45 m.
+ Μιχαήλ, βοήθηι πᾶσι τοῖς καρποφοροῦσιν
'+ Michael, help all the contributors!'
Text: Debord & Varinlioğlu 2010, 352, no. 12.
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Discussion
The invocation from Inscription 1 was tentatively dated to the later 5th or 6th c. by Charlotte Roueché, based on palaeography and similar inscriptions. It is almost certain that it comes from the same ruins where Inscription 2 was located.Bibliography
Edition:Inscription 1:
Smith, R.R.R., Ratté, Ch., "Archaeological research at Aphrodisias in Caria, 1993", The American Journal of Archaeology 99 (1995), 40.
Inscription 2:
P. Debord, E. Varinlioğlu, Cités de Carie: Harpasa, Bargasa, Orthosia dans l'Antiquité (Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2010), 352, no. 12.
Pawel Nowakowski
03/11/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00181 | Michael, the Archangel | Μιχαήλ | Certain |
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