Greek invocation of *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), written on a fragmentary slab with a carved Latin cross. Found near Amorion (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Probably late antique.
Evidence ID
E00880
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements
Images and objects - Sculpture/reliefs
Inscription A is written in the centre of the slab, within a frame, and is divided in two parts by the lower vertical bar of a large carved cross. Inscription B runs around the edges of the slab.
A: ὁ μέγας ἀρχ(άγγελος)
Μηχ(αήλ)
B: Κ(ύρι)ε βοίθη τὸν + δοῦλον [- - -]
A: 'The great archangel Michael.'
B: 'Lord help the + servant […..]!'
Text: MAMA I, no. 434.
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
A marble slab, decorated with a carved Latin cross. Broken above. Found in a private house in Emirli (= Emirdağ?), near Amorion (Phrygia, central Asia Minor). H. 0.19 m; W. 0.165 m; Th. 0.0075 m; letter height 0.0075-0.0225 m. Inscription A is written in the centre and divided into two parts by the lower vertical bar of the cross. Inscription B runs around the slab.Bibliography
Edition:Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua I, no. 434.
Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 1694: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/1694
Further reading:
Halkin, F., "Inscriptions grecques relatives à l'hagiographie, IX, Asie Mineure", Analecta Bollandiana 71 (1953), 94.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
24/11/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00181 | Michael, the Archangel | Μη(χαὴλ) | Certain |
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