Greek building inscription for a hostel (xention?) of *George (soldier and martyr, S00259). Found at Bsērīn, to the south of Ḥamāh/Amathe (central Syria). Dated 616.
Evidence ID
E01928
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
+ ξέντι-
ον ἁγί(ου)
Γεοργ(ίου)
ἐστάθ(η)
ἔτους
ϡκηʹ, εʹ Ν(οεμβ)ρ(ίου) (?)
1-2. ξέντι|ον = ξεν<ί>δι|ον (?) Mouterde, + εν τι or επ τι Lidzbarski || 2. ον omisit Lidzbarski || 4. ἐστάθ(η) Hiller von Gaertringen apud Lidzbarski || 6. εʹ Ν(οεμβ)ρ(ίου) (?) Mouterde, ενρμ (?) επ or ετ Lidzbarski
'+ The hostel (xention?) of Saint George was founded in the year 928, on the 5th (day) of November (?).'
Text: IGLS 5, no. 2068.
Liturgical Activities
Ceremony of dedication
Places Named after SaintHospital and other charitable institutions
Source
Basalt stele with a pointed top, surmounted by a disc containing a cross. The cross is depicted standing on an oval object with three pendants. Reused in the wall of the apse of a mosque (probably a converted medieval church). The inscription is within a frame. There is no published account of its dimensions.Discussion
For a hostel (xeneon) at Umm el-Khalakhil to the east of Apamea on the Orontes (central Syria), named after *Theodore, probably the martyr in Euchaita, see: E01875.Bibliography
Edition:Jalabert, L., Mouterde, R., Mondésert, C., Les inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, vol. 5: Émésène (BAH 66, Paris: P. Guethner, 1959), no. 2068.
Lidzbarski, M., Ephem. f. sem. Epigr., III, 1909-1915, 180, fig. 19.
Further reading:
Images
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Drawing. From: IGLS 5, 49.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
17/10/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00259 | George, soldier and martyr, and Companions | Γεόργιος | Certain |
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