Fragmentary Greek inscription with an invocation of *Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Found at Mytilini (Samos, the Aegean Islands). Probably late antique or middle Byzantine.
Evidence ID
E01187
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Μιχαήλ, μ[νήσθητι - - -]
'Michael, [remember - - -]'
Text: IG XII 6,2, no. 950.
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
A plaque, broken and lost on the right-hand side. H. 0.3 m; W. 0.395 m; Th. 0.02 m. Seen and copied by Ludwig Bürchner. When recorded, it was kept in a household in the village of Mytilini.Discussion
The inscription is an invocation of Michael the Archangel. Klaus Hallof, the editor of Inscriptiones Graecae XII 6,2, placed it among 'Byzantine' inscriptions, but without a photograph, we cannot determine, whether it is of late antique or of middle Byzantine date.Described as an 'epitaph' by the editors of Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum.
Bibliography
Edition:Inscriptiones Graecae XII 6,2, no. 950.
Reference works:
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 53, 877.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
12/03/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00181 | Michael, the Archangel | Μιχαήλ | Certain |
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