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E00842: Greek inscription on a boundary stone of a sanctuary of unnamed *Apostles. Found near Stratonikeia (Caria, western Asia Minor). Probably 6th c.

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posted on 2015-11-06, 00:00 authored by pnowakowski

̣+ ὅ̣ροι τῶν ἁγί-
ων καὶ ἐνδό-
ξων ἀποστό-
λων

1. + ὅ[ρ]οι Grégoire, ὅροι Şahin, ΤΟΙΟΙ drawing

'+ Boundaries (of the church) of the holy and glorious Apostles.'

Text: I. Stratonikeia, no. 1059.

History

Evidence ID

E00842

Saint Name

Apostles (unspecified) : S00084

Saint Name in Source

Ἀπόστολοι

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Apostles_unnamed_or_name_lost/13729342

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)

Language

Greek

Evidence not before

500

Evidence not after

600

Activity not before

500

Activity not after

600

Place of Evidence - Region

Asia Minor

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Stratonikeia

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

Stratonikeia Nicomedia Νικομήδεια Nikomēdeia Izmit Πραίνετος Prainetos Nicomedia

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - independent (church)

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Seeking asylum at church/shrine

Source

Boundary stone found in Stratonikeia (Caria, west Asia Minor).

Discussion

The inscription indicates boundaries of a church of the unnamed Apostles. The sanctuary is otherwise unattested. Though this inscription does not say so explicitly, boundary stones were usually bestowed upon sanctuaries by emperors. Dating: 6th c. (?), based on similar boundary stones authorised by 6th c. emperors.

Bibliography

Edition: Die Inschriften von Stratonikeia, no. 1059. Grégoire, H. (ed.), Recueil des inscriptions grecques chrétiennes d'Asie Mineure, vol. 1 (Paris: Leroux, 1922), no. 243. LBW, no. 534. Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum, no. 8844. Further Reading: Halkin, F., "Inscriptions grecques relatives à l'hagiographie, IX, Asie Mineure", Analecta Bollandiana 71 (1953), 84.