Fragmentary Greek building inscription for a church just possibly dedicated to a certain *Andrew (possibly the Apostle, S00288). Found at Dreyb al-Wawi (Khirbet al-Wawi), near Chalkis and Beroia/Aleppo (north Syria). Dated 539.
Evidence ID
E01692
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
[+ εὐκτήρ(ιον) (?)] εκτέθ- κου δ κ' ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) β΄ το[ῦ]
[η τὸ ε]ὐρὺ (?) ἔτους νω΄. ἐ<γ>ρά-
[τοῦ ἁγί]ου Ἀν- φι χιρ<ὶ> Ἰωάνν(ου)
[δρέα (?) μη(νὶ)] Ξανθί- Ἰακοῦ[β]ος (καὶ) Τιμω[- - -]
1. [+ εὐκτήρ(ιον)] or [+ πρόθυρ(ον)] or [+ μαρτύρ(ιον)] Mouterde || 1-2. perhaps ἐκτίσθ|[η]
'[This] spacious (?) [oratory (?)] of Saint Andrew (?) was completed on the 24th (day) [of the month] of Xanthikos, 2nd indiction, the year 850. (The inscription) was carved by the hand of Ioannes. Iakoubos and Timo[- - -].'
Text: Mouterde & Poidebard 1945, 206, no. 36.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
05/07/2016
ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity |
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S00288 | Andrew, the Apostle | Uncertain | |
S00763 | Andreas Stratelates, martyr under Maximian | Uncertain |
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Paweł Nowakowski, Cult of Saints, E01692 - http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E01692