Greek inscription labelling a tomb owned by a house of ascetics (asketerion) of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) venerated as the God-Bearer. Found at Anazarbos (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor). Probably 6th c. or later.
Evidence ID
E01078
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
On a wall in a small niche in the rock-face:
+ μνῆμα διαφέρον
τοῦ ἀσκιτηρίου τῖς Θεο-
τόκου· ἔχι τὸ ἀνάθεμα,
ἴ τις δίχα τõν κυρίον
ἀνύγι αὐτό +
'+ Tomb belonging to the house of ascetics (askiterion) of the God-Bearer. May everyone who opens it, without the consent of the owners, be cursed. +'
Text: I. Anazarbos, no. 646.
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Source
Engraved on a wall in a 5 m deep and 2 m wide niche in the rock-face over the theatre at Anazabra. Seen and copied by Adolf Wilhelm in the spring of 1891.Discussion
The inscription labels a tomb owned by a house of ascetics (asketerion) of Mary, venerated here as the God-Bearer.Dating: 6th c. or later (based on the style of lettering, the spelling and syntax).
Bibliography
Edition:Die Inschriften von Anazarbos und Umgebung, no. 646.
Heberdey, R., Wilhelm, A., Kiepert H., Reisen in Kilikien (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Classe, Bd. 44, Abh. 6, Vienna: In Commission bei C. Gerold's Sohn, 1896), no. 93.
Further reading:
Mietke, G., "Monumentalisierung christilcher Heiliger in Kilikien in frühbyzantinischer Zeit", Olba 17 (2009), 120.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
13/01/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | Θεοτόκος | Certain |
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