Greek inscription commemorating the construction of a church (oikos) of *George (soldier and martyr, S00259). Found at 'Amra, near Bostra (Roman province of Arabia). Probably 6th-7th c.
Evidence ID
E02669
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
+ ἐκτείσθη ὁ οἶκος οὗτ-
ος τοῦ ἁγί(ου) Γεωργίου
ἐκ σπουδῆς Σεργίου πρ(εσβυτέρου)
καὶ Ζήνωνος ἀρχιδιακ(όνου)
'+ This church (oikos) of Saint George was built through the zeal of the presbyter Sergios and the archdeacon Zenon.'
Text: Waddington 1870, no. 2092.
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical ActivityConstruction of cult buildings
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - lesser clergy
Source
Stone lintel reused over a doorway in a house. The inscription faced the interior of the building. The inscribed face is decorated with a carving of a cross within a circle and four bunches of grapes in four sectors around it. The text is divided into two columns flanked by two carvings of crosses within squares and lozenges with loops. There is no published description.Seen and copied by William Waddington, and published by him in 1870. Scheduled for re-edition in the sixteenth volume of Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, under no. 581.
Discussion
The inscription commemorates the construction of a church of Saint George by a presbyter and archdeacon.There is no reliable way to date the inscription precisely, but this kind of dedication is characteristic of the 6th and 7th centuries.
Bibliography
Edition:IGLS 16, no. 581 (forthcoming).
Waddington, W.H., Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie (Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, Libraires-Éditeurs, 1870), no. 2092.
Further reading:
Sartre-Fauriat, A., "Georges, Serge, Élie et quelques autres saints connus et inédits de la province d'Arabie", in: Fr. Prévot (ed.), Romanité et cité chrétienne. Permances et mutations. Intégration et exclusion du Ier au VIe siècle. Mélanges en l'honneur d'Yvette Duval (Paris: De Boccard, 2000), 295, note 4.
Images
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Transcription. From: LBW, 498.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
07/04/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00259 | George, soldier and martyr, and Companions | Γεώργιος | Certain |
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