Greek inscription just possibly referring to *Elijah (Old Testament prophet, S00217). Found at Breikeh (ancient Borechath Sabaon), to the north of Dionysias and Bostra (Roman province of Arabia). Dated 505/506.
E02215
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
The inscription is on a basalt lintel (H. 0.29 m; W. 1.46-1.63 m; Th. 0.40 m; letter height 0.08-0.10 m) set over a doorway to a stable, in a complex of apparently ancient houses. It was recorded for the first time only recently, by Annie Sartre-Fauriat and Maurice Sartre. The actual meaning of the inscription is not clear, but it might refer to the prophet Elijah (perhaps to a church dedicated to the saint) or to an homonymous founder of the building. Line 2 contains a date probably computed as the 400th year of the era of the province of Arabia, which corresponds to AD 505/506:
+ Ἠλίας Β Θεοφίλα
Φ ΙΧΙ ἔτους υ΄
[2. possibly φ(ύλαξον) Χ(ριστέ) the Sartres]
For further comments, see the edition in IGLS 15/2, no. 405a.
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical ActivityConstruction of cult buildings
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Bibliography
Edition:Sartre-Fauriat, A., Sartre, M., Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, vol. 15/2: Le plateau du Trachôn et ses bordures (BAH 204, Beyrouth: Institut Français du Proche-Orient, 2014), no. 405a.
Images
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Photograph by the Sartres. From: IGLS 15/2, 459.
Paweł Nowakowski
04/01/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00217 | Elijah/Elias, Old Testament prophet | Ἠλίας | Uncertain |
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