Greek inscription with a reference to Christ, described as the offspring of the holy Virgin (*Mary, Mother of Christ, S00033). Found at Laodikeia/Laodicea Combusta (Pisidia, west central Asia Minor). Probably 6th-8th c. or later.
Evidence ID
E00920
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
Calder's reading:
Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς,
τό-
κος ἁ(γίας) π(αρθένου). ὁ Μανι-
ακις δοῦλος Χ(ριστο)ῦ
'Jesus Christ, the offspring of the holy Virgin. Maniakis, servant of Christ.'
Text: MAMA I, no. 249.
Laminger-Pascher's reading:
Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς.
Κοσ(εις) (or Κοσ(μᾶς)) ἀπὸ Μανν-
ακις δοῦλος Χ(ριστο)ῦ
'Jesus Christ. Koseis (or: Kosmas) from Mannake, servant of Christ.'
Text: Laminger-Pascher 1984, no. 126.
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesOther lay individuals/ people
Source
A piece of bluish limestone, reused in a well. It may originally have been part of a sarcophagus. H. 0.35 m; W. 0.176 m; Th. 0.84 m. The stone bears a carving of a cross pattée in a circular cavity, a six-leaved rosette and a whorl.Discussion
Gertrud Laminger-Pascher suggests that the second part of the inscription does not contain the reference to Mary as the Holy Virgin and Mother of Christ, but the name of a dedicant, who came from the village of Mannake, which is probably an alternative spelling of Manaba (Μάναβα, Μάναυα, Μάναυγα). The village lay between Side and Kotenna.Dating: This kind of invocation with the 'servant-of-saint' formula is usually dated to the 6th-8th c. or later. The formula is certainly common in the middle Byzantine period.
Bibliography
Edition:Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua I, no. 249.
Laminger-Pascher, G., Beiträge zu den griechischen Inschriften Lykaoniens (Ergänzungsbände zu den tituli Asiae Minoris 11, Denkschriften (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) 173, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften), no. 126.
Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 524: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/524
Reference works:
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 34, 1378.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
02/12/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | ἁ(γία) π(αρθένος) | Uncertain |
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