Greek epitaph for a presbyter of a church dedicated to unnamed *Apostles. Found at Tavium (Galatia, central Asia Minor). Probably late 5th-7th c.
Evidence ID
E01141
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
[ἔνθα]
κατά-
κιτε ὁ
δοῦλ-
ος τοῦ
θε(οῦ) Κο̣στ-
αντῖνος
̣πρεσ(βύτερος) τῶν ἀ-
ποστώλο-
ν
'Here lies the servant of God Kostantinos, presbyter (of the church) of the Apostles.'
Text: I. Mus. Yozgat, no. II 4.
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - lesser clergy
Source
A white marble slab, probably cut from a fragment of a column. Broken and lost at the top and bottom. Preserved dimensions: H. 0.495 m; W. 0.29 m; Th. 0.11 m; letter height 0.019-0.04 m. Found at Büyüknefes (near ancient Tavium). Kept in the Museum of Yozgat.Discussion
The inscription is the epitaph for a presbyter of a church dedicated to unspecified Apostles. The same church is almost certainly mentioned in another epitaph from Tavium, composed for a person, said to have 'found a place of relief, having run to the Apostles' / ἀνέσεως τόπον εὑρὼν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις προσδραμών (see: E01009).Dating: probably late 5th-7th c. (based on the lettering and contents).
Bibliography
Edition:I. Mus. Yozgat - Wallner, C., Die Inschriften des Museums in Yozgat (Tyche. Sonderband 6, Vienna: Holzhausen, der Verlag, 2011), no. II 4.
Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 2282: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/2282
Reference works:
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 61, 1114.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
25/02/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00084 | Apostles, unnamed or name lost | Ἀπόστολοι | Certain |
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