Evidence ID
E01055Saint Name
Michael, the Archangel : S00181Saint Name in Source
ΜιχαήλType of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptionsEvidence not before
500Evidence not after
700Activity not before
500Activity not after
700Place of Evidence - Region
Asia MinorPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
GermanikopolisPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Germanikopolis
Nicomedia
Νικομήδεια
Nikomēdeia
Izmit
Πραίνετος
Prainetos
NicomediaCult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Prayer/supplication/invocationCult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Other lay individuals/ people
Merchants and artisansSource
Inscription engraved on the rock-face, above the entrance to a rock-cut tomb located outside the modern town of Ermenek (ancient Germanikopolis, Isauria, south-eastern Asia Minor), opposite a monastery. The text is framed within a tabula ansata. Next to the present text there is another inscription with an invocation of Christ and a request for the protection of the artisans who had built the tomb.Discussion
The two people mentioned in the inscription are apparently the deceased buried in the tomb.
Dating: probably 6th c. or later (based on the occurrence of the 'servant-of-saint' formula and on the style of the lettering).Bibliography
Edition:
Hagel, St., Tomaschitz, K., (eds.), Repertorium der westkilikischen Inschriften (Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse 265, Ergänzungsbände zu den Tituli Asiae Minoris 22, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1998), no. Erm 5.
Bean, G.E., Mitford, T.B., Journeys in Rough Cilicia 1964-1968 (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, Akademie der Wissenschaften, Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse 102, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1970), no. 223.
Further reading:
Bulletin épigraphique (1972), 547.