Evidence ID
E06281
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
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a - - - ἡ Θεωτόκος [κ(αὶ) ἀειπάρ]θ̣ενος Μαρία. vac.
-?- ὁ Θεὸς ἀνα]παύσι σε μετὰ π[άντων] τ̣ο̃ν ἁγίον + Σάρρα.
vacat vacat
l. 2. [καὶ etc. Sironen || l. 3. ὁ Θεὸς ἀνα]παύσι Feissel, per epist. || λύοι σε μετὰ Stikas || - -] παύσι Sironen; π [άντων - - -] τ̣ὸν ἅγιον Sironen.
'[- - -] The God-Bearer (Theotokos) and ever-virgin Mary. May [God] grant you rest together with [all] the Saints! Sarra.'
Text: IG IV2 3, no. 1503.
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesOther lay individuals/ people
Source
Two non-conjoining fragments of a marble slab. Preserved dimensions: H. 0.13 m; W. 0.30 m. Letter height 0.03 m. Found in 1962 in the Basilica of St Quadratus (Kodratos). Now lost.Discussion
The inscription is an epitaph for a person whose name is lost, mentioning *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and invoking God to grant the deceased rest together with *All Saints (S01151). For l. 1. cf. E00805 (Milet VI/2, no. 961): τῆς δεσποί]νòης ἡμῶν τῆς ἁγίας ἐνδόξου Θ+εοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας τῆς εἰς τὰ Κύρρου. On the name Σάρρα, see T. Ilan (ed.), Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity. Part I: Palestine 330 BCE-200 CE (Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum 91; Tübingen, 2002), 254-255.Dating: Erkki Sironen dates the inscription to the 5th-6th c., probably based on the shape of letters. The same date is given in Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database.
For another Greek inscription found in the Basilica of St. Quadratus at Corinth, see E06282.
Bibliography
Edition:Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 2985: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/2985
Inscriptiones Graecae IV (2nd ed.) 3, no. 1503 and Tab. XXV.
Further Reading:
Stikas, E., "Ανασκαφή κοιμητηριακής βασιλικής Παλαιάς Κορίνθου," Praktika tis en Athinais Archaiologikis Etaireias 117 (1962), 54 and Pl. LI α.
Images
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Preserved fragments of the inscription, photograph. From: Stikas 1962, Plate LI α.
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Photograph. From: IG IV2 3, Tabula XXV, no. 1503.
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Plan of Corinth and vicinity. From: IG IV2 3, 200.
Record Created By
Małgorzata Krawczyk
Date Last Modified
07/11/2019
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | Μαρία | Certain | S01151 | All Saints | Certain |
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