White marble capital with a carving of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) with her Child. Found at Herakleia Pontike (Honoriad, northern Asia Minor). Probably late antique.
Evidence ID
E00964
Type of Evidence
Images and objects - Sculpture/reliefs
Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
A white marble Corinthian capital with a carving of a woman with a child, kept in the library/museum of the city of Ereğli (inv. no. 32). The capital's cross section is square, W. 0.26 m. There are inscribed labels (letter height 0.02 m) to the right and to the left of the head of the depicted woman. Based on these labels Walter Ameling rightly identified the mother and child as the Virgin Mary and Jesus.
Label:
σωτήρ ἁγία
'Saviour' 'The Holy (Mother)'
Text: I. Heraclea Pontica, no. 36.
Use of Images
Public display of an image
Bibliography
Edition:The Inscriptions of Heraclea Pontica, no. 36.
Reference works:
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 44, 1012.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
10/12/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | Certain |
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