Greek building inscription probably for a church dedicated as a vow to an unnamed *Archangel. Found near Dorylaion (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Probably late antique.
Evidence ID
E00913
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
+ ἐκ τῶν παροχῶν σου, ἀρχάγγελε, Ἰωάννης κὲ Κωνσταντῖνα ἐποίησ[αν - - -]
ὑπὲρ εὐχῆς κὲ σωτηρίας αὐτ[ῶ]ν κὲ τῆς συνγενίας αὐτ[ῶ]ν κὲ μνήμης κὲ ἀναπαύσε[ως - - -]
'+ From your gifts, O Archangel, Ioannes and Konstantina built this as a vow and for the salvation of themselves and their relatives, and for the memory and repose [of ...]'
Text: von Domaszewski 1883, 175, no. 20.
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Non Liturgical ActivityVow
MiraclesWomen
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical ActivityVow
Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Construction of cult buildings
Prayer/supplication/invocation
MiraclesSaint aiding or preventing the construction of a cult building
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Other lay individuals/ people
Source
A piece of marble, reused as a doorstep in a mosque. H. 0.16 m; W. 1.65 m; Th. 0.35 m. Found at Bozüyük near Dorylaion (Phrygia, central Asia Minor).Discussion
This is a building inscription of an unnamed structure, probably a church, dedicated to an archangel. The founders, Ioannes and Konstantina, apparently a married couple, claim that they gathered funds thanks to the Archangel’s generosity. This expression is reminiscent of a popular dedicatory formula τὰ σὰ ἐκ τῶν σῶν σοι προσφέρομεν (thine own from thine own we offer unto thee), common in dedicatory inscriptions and present in the Liturgy of Basil and the Liturgy of John Chrysostom. Normally the formula is, however, referred to God. We recorded one case when it refers to Saint *Theodore (E02966), and other saints.Bibliography
Edition:von Domaszewski, A., "Inschriften aus Kleinasien", Archäologisch-epigraphische Mitteilungen aus Österreich-Ungarn 7 (1883), 175, no. 20.
Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 1421: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/1421
Further reading:
Halkin, F., "Inscriptions grecques relatives à l'hagiographie, IX, Asie Mineure", Analecta Bollandiana 71 (1953), 97.
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From: von Domaszewski 1883, 175.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
30/11/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00191 | Archangels, unnamed or name lost | ἀρχάγγελος | Certain |
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