E00825: Greek inscription commemorating the paving of an aisle and the construction of a chancel screen in a church at Bargylia (Caria, western Asia Minor) by a certain Auxibios, probably a member of the city council, giving thanks to *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) and unnamed saints (S00518). Probably late antique (5th-6th c.).

Αὐξίβιος ὁ ἐδεσιμ(ότατος) π(ολιτεύομενος?)
[ὑ]πὲρ σωτηρίας ἑαυτοῦ
καὶ τῶν πεδίων μου
ἔστρωσα τὴν στοὰν
καὶ τοὺς κανκέλλους ἐ-
[ποίη]̣σα ἐκ τῶν τοῦ θ(ε)ο(ῦ) δομάτων
[εὐχ]αριστῶν τῷ ἁγίῳ Πέτρῳ καὶ τοῖς ἁγί-
οις

1. π(ρωτεύων) or π(ολιτευόμενος) Destephen, π(ρεσβύτερος?) Traina

'I, Auxibios, the most respected m(ember of the city council?), having used the gifts of God, paved this stoa (i.e. aisle) and constructed the chancel screen as a vow for delivering me and my children, giving thanks to Saint Peter and the saints.'

Text: Traina 1990, no. 2. Translation: P. Nowakowski.