E00742: Greek inscription inscribed on a column in Ephesos (western Asia Minor), invoking the aid of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) for the city. Probably late antique (5th-8th c.).

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posted on 2015-09-28, 00:00 authored by pnowakowski

+ Θεωτόκε,
βοήθη
τῇ πόλη

'O Theotokos, help this city!'

Text: I. Ephesos, no. 1358.

History

Evidence ID

E00742

Saint Name

Mary, Mother of Christ : S00033

Saint Name in Source

Θεωτόκος

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Mary_Mother_of_Christ/13729186

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Graffiti

Language

Greek

Evidence not before

431

Evidence not after

800

Activity not before

431

Activity not after

800

Place of Evidence - Region

Asia Minor

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Ephesus

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Ephesus Nicomedia Νικομήδεια Nikomēdeia Izmit Πραίνετος Prainetos Nicomedia

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

Inscription on a white marble column (H.1.5 m, diameter 0.5 m) belonging to the eastern portico of the agora street.

Discussion

The inscription is a request for help for the town of Ephesos addressed to Mary as the Theotokos, the Bearer of God. The name Theotokos is very unlikely to occur in inscriptions before the council of Ephesus (431).

Bibliography

Edition: Die Inschriften von Ephesos, no. 1358. Engelmann, H., Knibbe, D., "Aus ephesischen Skizzenbüchern", Jahreshefte des österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes 52 (1978-1980), no. 95 Reference works: Bulletin épigraphique (1981), 429

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