E00952: Fragment of a marble slab with a short Greek inscription referring to unnamed martyrs. Found in Prusa ad Olympum (Bithynia, north-wset Asia Minor). Probably late antique.
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Prusa ad Olympum
Nicomedia
Νικομήδεια
Nikomēdeia
Izmit
Πραίνετος
Prainetos
Nicomedia
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
A fragment of a slab, found on the acropolis. Now lost.
Discussion
Thomas Corsten, the editor of Die Inschriften von Prusa ad Olympum, interprets the monument as a commemorative inscription in honour of unnamed martyrs. It may come from a church dedicated to some martyrs or mark a tomb of local martyrs.
Bibliography
Edition:
Die Inschriften von Prusa ad Olympum, no. 225.
LBW 1118.
Further reading:
Destephen, S., "Martyrs locaux et cultes civiques en Asie Mineure", in: J.C. Caillet, S. Destephen, B. Dumézil, H. Inglebert, Des dieux civiques aux saints patrons (IVe-VIIe siècle) (Paris: éditions A. & J. Picard, 2015), 98.