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E00878: Greek inscription on a column, invoking an unnamed *Archangel. Found near Appia (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Probably late antique (5th/7th c.).

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posted on 2015-11-23, 00:00 authored by pnowakowski

+ ἀρχάν[γ]ελε, [β]οήθι τõ δούλου σου Τροφιμᾶ

'O archan[g]el, [h]elp your servant Trophimas!'

Text: MAMA X, no. 243.

History

Evidence ID

E00878

Saint Name

Archangels (unspecified) : S00191

Saint Name in Source

ἀρχάνγελος

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Archangels_unnamed_or_name_lost/13729642

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)

Language

Greek

Evidence not before

500

Evidence not after

700

Activity not before

500

Activity not after

700

Place of Evidence - Region

Asia Minor

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Appia

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

Appia Nicomedia Νικομήδεια Nikomēdeia Izmit Πραίνετος Prainetos Nicomedia

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Other lay individuals/ people

Source

Part of a small grey marble column found at Gökçeler, near Appia (Phrygia, central Asia Minor), in the middle of an ancient cemetery. Partially buried: H. 0.7 m (visible); diameter 0.275m (upper moulding); letter height 0.0225-0.03 m. The surface is weathered. The text runs around the column. It is preceded by crosses. The initial cross is supported by an orb with an unidentified design.

Bibliography

Edition: Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua X, no. 243. Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 1199: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/1199

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