E00720: Inscription with prayer in Greek, from a church in Kasossos near Mylasa (Caria, western Asia Minor). Refers to saints and other holy figures: *Abraham (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), *Jacob (Old Testament patriarch, S00280), *Moses (Old Testament prophet and lawgiver, S00241), *Elijah (Old Testament prophet, S00217), *Elisha (Old Testament prophet, S00239), the Apostles *Peter (S00036) and *Paul (S00008), other unnamed Apostles (S00084), unnamed Confessors (S00184), *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), and a virgin *Eirene (possibly the martyr of Magedon, S02162). Probably late antique (6th/8th c.) or later.

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[καθὼς τὰς δεήσεις εἰσ]ήκουσας Ἀβ<ρ>αὰ[μ]
[καὶ] Ἰακὼφ Μωϋσῆ κὲ
[ἔ]δωκας χάριν κὲ δύνα-
[μιν] κατὰ τῶν μισού(ν)των αὐτὸν,
ἤκουσας Ἠλία κ(αὶ) Ἐλισ(έ)ου κὲ ὡς
[ ἤκ]ουσας Πέτρου κὲ Παύλου
κὲ πάντων τῶν [μ]α[θ]η[τῶ]ν σου κὲ τ[ῶν ὁσίων]
[πατέρ]ων ἡμῶν τῶν ὁ[μ]ολ[ογ]η[τῶν τοῦ λ]ό[γ]ου σου
[οἷς] καθὰ ὑπέσχους ἐχαρίσου α[ἰώνινον? ζ]ο[ήν·]
[ὡς ἤκουσας Γ]εωργ[ίου] τοῦ με[γ]α[λομά]ρ[τυρος]·
[ὡς? ἤκ]ου[σας] Στεφ[ά]ν[ου το]ῦ π<ρ>οτωμά[ρτυρος]
[κὲ π]άντων [ἁγί]ων σου κ(αὶ) Εἰρήν[η]ς τῆ[ς] ἐ[νδ]ό[ξ]ου
[π]αρθένου· [ὡ]ς τούτων ἁπάντων Χ(ριστ)ὲ Ἰ(ησο)ῦ [ἐφάνης]
[βο]ή[θ]ει[α] κὲ προστασία, ὁ φέρων τὸ φῶς [εἰς]
τὸν κόσμον, ὁ εὐλογίσας τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ [ἀγροῦ]
κὲ πλ[ηθ]ύν[ας] οὕτως ἀ[εν]ά[ως καὶ παν]ταχοῦ τὸ ἔλε-
ός σου, κὲ μνησθῆνε καταξίωσων πά(ν)των σὲ φο-
βουμένων κὲ ποιούντων [τὸ θέλημ]α [σου]
κὲ ἤ τις ΚΑΤΑΡΑΜ[ δεηθ]ῇ τῆς σῆς βοηθία<ς> κ(ύρι)ε ω (?)
κὲ τῶν σῶν [οἰ]κτιρμῶν, δέσποτα ἐ[ν] τῷ τόπῳ τού[τῳ]
ποίησον μετ' αὐτοῦ{σ} σημῖον ἰσς ἀγαθὸν κὲ ὃ ἄν σε
ἐτήσῃ, παραλαβέτω (?), Χ(ριστ)έ,
[ἐ]λεήμων [γ]ὰ[ρ] ὑ[π]άρχις

1. 1. perhaps ἐπάκουσον, κ(ύριε) ὁ θ(εὸ)ς, το]ῦ δούλ[ου σου Rizos || 8. τ[ῶν ἁγίων] (?) Grégoire Blümel || 10. ὑπέσχου<ς> Grégoire, ὑπέσχους drawing || 12. π]άντων [μαρτύρ]ων (?) || 22. αὐτοὺς Grégoire Blümel || 23. ἐτήσῃ = αἰτήσῃ

'(Hear your servant, oh Lord God, as) you heard Abraham, (Isaac), Jacob, Moses, and you granted grace and power against those who hated him; you heard Elijah and Elisha and heard Peter and Paul and all your disciples, and our (holy) fathers the confessors of your word, (whom) you granted (life everlasting) as you had promised; (as you heard) George the great martyr; (as you heard) Stephen the first martyr and all your saints, and Eirene the glorious virgin; and as you (appeared) to be the help and protection of them all, Jesus Christ, you who brings the light to the world, who blessed the fruit of the (field) and thus multiplied your mercy eternally and in every place, vouchsafe to remember all those who fear you and do your will, and, should anyone (- - - pray) at this place for your help and thy mercy, o Lord, grant him a propitious sign, and let him receive (?) whatever he may ask of you, o Christ, for you are merciful.'

Text: I. Mylasa, no. 946. Translation: E. Rizos, P. Nowakowski.