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E01063: Greek inscription labelling a sarcophagus owned by a burial club or charitable institution named after *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) as the God-Bearer, perhaps affiliated to a church dedicated to the saint. Found at Korykos/Corycus (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor). Probably late 5th or 6th c.

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posted on 2016-01-08, 00:00 authored by pnowakowski
σωματωθήκη
διαφέρουσα +
τοῦ φηληα̣κὸ̣ν
τῆς Θεωτώκου
Κωρύκου

'Sarcophagus belonging + to the fellowship of the God-Bearer of Korykos.'

Text: MAMA III, no. 780a.

History

Evidence ID

E01063

Saint Name

Mary, Mother of Christ : S00033

Saint Name in Source

Θεωτώκος

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions

Language

  • Greek

Evidence not before

450

Evidence not after

600

Activity not before

450

Activity not after

600

Place of Evidence - Region

Asia Minor

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Korykos

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

Korykos Nicomedia Νικομήδεια Nikomēdeia Izmit Πραίνετος Prainetos Nicomedia

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - independent (church)

Cult activities - Places Named after Saint

  • Hospital and other charitable institutions

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Saint as patron - of a community

Source

A sarcophagus. The inscription is framed within a tabula ansata. Letter height 0.05 m. To the right of our inscription there is a further one, announcing that the tomb was set up under the archons Theoktistos and Tarasios, who are otherwise unattested. Recorded at Korykos (south-eastern Asia Minor) in 1914.

Discussion

The inscription labels a tomb at Korykos, owned by a guild, named after *Mary as the God-Bearer, perhaps affiliated to a church dedicated to the saint. The guild is called φιλιακόν, which literally means 'a friendly association', and may designate a burial club, raising funds for burials of its members. For a commentary on the term φιλιακόν, see E01029. Inscriptions presented in record E01062 show that another φιλιακόν, this time named after Saint *Charitina, was also active at the city. Dating: probably late 5th or 6th c. (based on the style of the lettering and sarcophagus).

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. Kry 299a. Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua III, no. 780a.

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