Evidence ID
E00901Saint Name
Mary, Mother of Christ : S00033Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Evidence not before
450Evidence not after
1300Activity not before
450Activity not after
1300Place of Evidence - Region
Asia MinorPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
IpsosPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Ipsos
Nicomedia
Νικομήδεια
Nikomēdeia
Izmit
Πραίνετος
Prainetos
NicomediaCult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Prayer/supplication/invocationCult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Merchants and artisansSource
The inscription was found in a rock-cut church in Ayazini (Phrygia, central Asia Minor), in a corridor which leads to the nave. It was written on the upper part of a wall, between two arches.Discussion
It has been suggested that the inscription was made by craftsmen, soon after the construction of the church had been completed, as it is located in a place difficult of access.
Dating: the inscription certainly postdates the construction of the church, but it is disputed, whether the Phrygian rock-cut churches come from the late antique or middle Byzantine period.Bibliography
Edition:
Haspels, E.C., The Highlands of Phrygia (Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1971), no. 58.
Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua I, no. 387.
Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 1697: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/1697
Further reading:
Haspels, E.C., The Highlands of Phrygia (Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1971), 245.
Reference works:
Bulletin épigraphique (1972), 473.
