Label of a tomb of a sacristan of a church of *Elijah (probably the Old Testament prophet, S00217). Found at Korykos/Corycus (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor). Probably late 5th or 6th c.
Evidence ID
E01069
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
+ θίκι. Μηνᾶς παραμονάρις
τοῦ ἁγίου Ἠλία +
'+ Sarcophagus. Menas, watchman (paramonarios) (of the church) of Saint Elijah. +'
Text: MAMA III, no. 590.
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - lesser clergy
Source
The lid of a sarcophagus, found at Korykos. Letter height 0.08-0.06 m. Recorded in 1914.Discussion
The inscription labels the tomb of a watchman (παραμονάριος) of a church dedicated to *Elijah, almost certainly the Old Testament prophet or, much less plausibly, a local martyr of the same name.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 225.
Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua III, no. 590.
Further reading:
Mietke, G., "Monumentalisierung christilcher Heiliger in Kilikien in frühbyzantinischer Zeit", Olba 17 (2009), 121.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00217 | Elijah/Elias, Old Testament prophet | Ἠλίας | Uncertain | S00667 | Elijah (unspecified) | Ἠλίας | Certain |
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