Greek building inscription for an oratory (eukterion) of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033). Found at Mariamme/Mariamīn near Apamea on the Orontes (central Syria) and Ḥimṣ/Emesa. Dated 493.
Evidence ID
E01929
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
εἰς δόξαν Χ(ριστο)ῦ τὸ εὐκτήρ(ιον) τῆς
τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ ἡ<μ>ῶ[ν (?)] Θεοτόκου Μα-
[ἐ]πὶ τοῦ ὁσιω[τ(άτου)] ρίας ᾠκοδομ(ήθη)
[ἐ]πισκό(που) Κύρου. ἔτ(ου)ς δωʹ, μη(νὸς) Λ(ῴου)
'For the glory of Christ, our God. Under the most pious bishop Kyros. The oratory (eukterion) of the God-Bearer (Theotokos) Mary was built in the year 804, in the month of Loos.'
Text: IGLS 5, no. 2108.
Cult PlacesCult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical Activity
Cult building - independent (church)
Cult building - dependent (chapel, baptistery, etc.)
Non Liturgical ActivityConstruction of cult buildings
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - bishops
Source
Limestone lintel. Decorated with a low-relief carving of a circle or a wreath supported by two angels and containing a cross. The inscription is written in two columns, on both sides of the circle. To the right of the second column there was a carving of another circle.Discussion
Dating: the date is computed according to the Seleucid era. Its year 803 and the month of Loos correspond to AD 493.Mouterde notes that the bishop Kyros mentioned in our inscription might be Kyros of Mariamme, the homonymous subscriber of a petition of Syriac bishops sent to the patriach of Constantinople John II the Cappadocian in 518 against the miaphysite patriarch of Antioch Severos. It is possible that this Kyros was already in office in 493.
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. 2108.
Dussaud, , Revue archéologique (1897/1), 315.
Images
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Drawing of column A. From: IGLS 5, 69.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
17/10/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | Θεοτόκος Μαρία | Certain |
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