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E00984: Greek inscription on a boundary stone of a monastery of *John (the Baptist, S00020). Found near Komana/Comana Pontica (Pontus Polemoniacus, north-east Asia Minor). 582-590.

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posted on 2015-12-13, 00:00 authored by pnowakowski
ὅροι ἀσυλίας τοῦ
εὐαγοῦς μοναστηρίου
τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου
τοῦ Βαπτιστοῦ τοῦ ἐπι-
λεγομένου σταυροῦ
φιλοτιμηθέντες
παρὰ τῶν εὐσεβ(ε)σ(τάτων) β(α)σ(ιλέων)
ἡμῶν· Μαυρικίου
Τιβερίου καὶ
Κον<σ>ταντίνης

7. ΕΥCΕΒςΒς lapis || 10. Κονοταντίνης lapis

'Boundaries of the asylum site of the reverend monastery of Saint John the Baptist, also called the Cross, granted by our most pious emperors: Maurice Tiberius and Constantina.'

Text: Le Guen-Pollet 1989, 523-525.

History

Evidence ID

E00984

Saint Name

John the Baptist : S00020

Saint Name in Source

Ἰωάννης ὁ Βαπτιστῆς

Type of Evidence

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

Language

  • Greek

Evidence not before

582

Evidence not after

590

Activity not before

582

Activity not after

590

Place of Evidence - Region

Asia Minor

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Comana Pontica

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

Comana Pontica Nicomedia Νικομήδεια Nikomēdeia Izmit Πραίνετος Prainetos Nicomedia

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - monastic

Cult activities - Places Named after Saint

  • Monastery

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Awarding privileges to cult centres

Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Monarchs and their family

Source

A cylindrical column of granite. H. 1 m; diameter: 0.38 m. Found by Brigitte Le Guen-Pollet and Bernard Rémy at the Museum of Tokat in 1988, where it had been brought from Dereköy near Pazar (area of Komana / Comana Pontica, Pontus Polemoniacus, north-eastern Asia Minor).

Discussion

The inscription marked the boundaries of the area, where asylum could be sought around a monastery of John the Baptist. Dating: 582-590, based on a reference to the emperor Maurice, called by two of his names: Maurice Tiberius, and the empress Constantina; it must predate 590, as there is no mention of Theodosius, son of Maurice, elevated to the rank of Caesar in that year. It is the latest securely dated inscription from a boundary stone from Asia Minor in this database.

Bibliography

Edition: Le Guen-Pollet, B., "Collection épigraphique du Musée de Tokat" [in French], Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 7 (1989), 523-525. Reference works: Chroniques d'épigraphie byzantine, 457. Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 40, 1171.

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