Greek inscription labelling a sarcophagus owned by a burial club or charitable institution named after *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) as the God-Bearer, perhaps affiliated to a church dedicated to the saint. Found at Korykos/Corycus (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor). Probably late 5th or 6th c.
Evidence ID
E01063
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
σωματωθήκη
διαφέρουσα +
τοῦ φηληα̣κὸ̣ν
τῆς Θεωτώκου
Κωρύκου
'Sarcophagus belonging + to the fellowship of the God-Bearer of Korykos.'
Text: MAMA III, no. 780a.
Cult PlacesSaint as patron - of a community
Cult building - independent (church)
Places Named after SaintHospital and other charitable institutions
Non Liturgical ActivitySaint as patron - of a community
Cultic confraternities
Source
A sarcophagus. The inscription is framed within a tabula ansata. Letter height 0.05 m. To the right of our inscription there is a further one, announcing that the tomb was set up under the archons Theoktistos and Tarasios, who are otherwise unattested. Recorded at Korykos (south-eastern Asia Minor) in 1914.Discussion
The inscription labels a tomb at Korykos, owned by a guild, named after *Mary as the God-Bearer, perhaps affiliated to a church dedicated to the saint. The guild is called φιλιακόν, which literally means 'a friendly association', and may designate a burial club, raising funds for burials of its members. For a commentary on the term φιλιακόν, see E01029.Inscriptions presented in record E01062 show that another φιλιακόν, this time named after Saint *Charitina, was also active at the city.
Dating: probably late 5th or 6th c. (based on the style of the lettering and sarcophagus).
Bibliography
Edition:Hagel, St., Tomaschitz, K., (eds.), Repertorium der westkilikischen Inschriften (Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse 265, Ergänzungsbände zu den Tituli Asiae Minoris 22, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1998), no. Kry 299a.
Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua III, no. 780a.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
08/01/2016
ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | Θεωτώκος | Certain |
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