E00810: Greek inscription with an invocation of unnamed *Archangels associated with seven vowels of the Greek alphabet, asked to protect the city of Miletos (Caria, western Asia Minor). In a wall of the theatre of Miletos, probably late antique (5th-6th c.).

Ι Ε Ο Υ Α Η Ω Ι Α Ω Α Ι Ε Ο Υ Α Η Ω Ι Ω Α Ε Η Ο Υ Ι Α Ω Ι Η Ε Ο Υ Ε Ν Ο ̣Ν[c. 14 letters]

ΑΕΗΙ ΕΗΙΟ ΗΙΟΥ ΙΟΥΩ ΟΥΩ [ΥΩ ΩΑΕ]
ΟΥΩ ΥΩΑ ΩΑΕ ἅγιε ΑΕΗ ἅγιε ΑΕΗΙ ἅγιε Α[ΕΗΙΟ ΗΙΟΥ]
ἅγιε ἅγιε φύλαξον φύλαξον φύλαξον ἅ[γιε ἅγιε]
φύλαξον  φύλαξον τὴν πόλιν τὴν πόλιν τὴν πόλιν φύ[λαξον φύλαξον]
τὴν πόλιν τὴν πόλιν Μιλησίων Μιλησίων Μιλησίων τὴν πό[λιν τὴν πόλιν]
Μιλησίων Μιλησίων καὶ πάντας καὶ πάντας καὶ πάντας Μιλησί[ων Μιλησίων]
καὶ πάντας καὶ πάντας τοὺς κατοι- τοὺς κατοι- τοὺς κατοι- καὶ πάντ[ας καὶ πάντας]
τοὺς κατοι- τοὺς κατοι- κοῦντας κοῦντας κοῦντας τοὺς κατ[οι- τοὺς κατοι-]
κοῦντας κοῦντας κο̣ῦ[ν]τας [κοῦντας]

ἀρχάγγελοι, φυλάσσεται ἡ πόλις Μιλησίων καὶ πάντες οἱ κα̣τ[οικοῦντες]

1. Ε Ν Ο ̣Ν[ = ἐν ὀν[όματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ or θεοῦ Grégoire, ἐν ὀν[όματι (?) - -] Herrmann

'Ι Ε Ο Υ Α Η Ω Ι Α Ω Α Ι Ε Ο Υ Α Η Ω Ι Ω Α Ε Η Ο Υ Ι Α Ω Ι Η Ε Ο Υ Ε Ν Ο ̣Ν[c. 14 letters]

ΑΕΗΙΟΥΩ O Holy One, keep the city of the Milesians and all that dwell therein!
ΕΗΙΟΥΩΑ O Holy One, keep the city of the Milesians and all that dwell therein!
ΗΙΟΥΩΑΕ O Holy One, keep the city of the Milesians and all that dwell therein!
ΙΟΥΩΑΕΗ O Holy One, keep the city of the Milesians and all that dwell therein!
ΟΥΩΑΕΗΙ O Holy One, keep the city of the Milesians and all that dwell therein!
[ΥΩ]Α[ΕΗΙΟ] O H[oly One], kee[p] the ci[ty] of the Mi[lesians] and a[ll] that dw[e]ll therein!
[ΩΑΕΗΙΩΥ O Holy One, keep the city of the Milesians and all that dwell therein]!

Archangels, the city of the Milesians is protected and all that dwell therein!'

Text: Milet VI/2, no. 943. Translation: L.R.M. Strachan, lightly modified.