Greek building inscription probably commemorating the construction of a martyr shrine (martyrion) dedicated to *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023). Found at Sīfre near Lake Gabboula, Beroia/Aleppo, and Chalkis (north Syria). Dated 527/528.
Evidence ID
E01693
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
+ ἔτου[ς] ἐκτ<ίσθη>
θλω΄ τὼ μαρ(τύριον)
Σεργ(ίου) τοῦ ἁγ<ί>(ου)
'+ The martyr shrine of Saint Sergios was built in the year 839.'
Text: IGLS 2, no. 258.
Cult PlacesCult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical Activity
Cult building - independent (church)
Martyr shrine (martyrion, bet sāhedwātā, etc.)
Non Liturgical ActivityConstruction of cult buildings
Source
A stone lintel, with a carving of a cross within a circle in the centre. There are the letters Α and Ω below the horizontal arms of the cross. No published description.Found in a modern channel, 4-5 km from the village of Sīfre, close to Sugane/Sokhani. When recorded, the stone lay partially under water.
Seen and copied by Joseph Dumbakly. The copy was forwarded by Sébastien Ronzevalle to Louis Jalabert and René Mouterde for publication. First published in the second volume of Les inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie in 1939.
Discussion
The layout of the inscription is problematic, but if the words were read correctly, we can accept that the inscription commemorated the construction of a martyr shrine dedicated to Sergios.The date, the year 839, is given according to the Seleucid era, which corresponds to AD 527/528.
Bibliography
Edition:Jalabert, L., Mouterde, R., Les inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, vol. 2: Chalcidique et Antiochène (BAH 32, Paris: P. Geuthner, 1939), no. 258.
Reference works:
Bulletin épigraphique (1940), 172.
Images
)
From: IGLS 2, no. 258.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
05/07/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00023 | Sergios, soldier and martyr of Rusafa | Σέργιος | Certain |
|---|
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
Paweł Nowakowski, Cult of Saints, E01693 - http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E01693