E01176: Fragment of a Greek inscription referring to *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and *John the Apostle and Evangelist (S00042) as the Theologian, probably with an excerpt from an imperial letter. Found in Pythagorio (Samos, the Aegean Islands). Tentatively dated to mid-5th c., but more likely to be 6th c.

]̣προσ I[
]σεσιν ὁρισμένῳ [
]̣ας τῆς τε ἁγίας δεσποί[νης ἡμῶν]
[Θεοτόκου κ]αὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μα̣ρ[ίας
το]ῦ θεολόγ[ου

1. ]̣προσ I////[ Hallof || 2. σὺν] ̣προσ̣ή[κοντι or σὺν] ̣προσ̣ή[κουσι αὐτῷ Hallof || 3. ἄλ]σεσιν Dunst || 6. καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου το]ῦ θεολόγ[ου Hallof

'[- - - with - - -] belonging [to it (?) - - - ], delimited [- - -] and of [our] holy Lady, [the God-Bearer (Theotokos)] and forever virgin Mary [- - - and of Saint John] the Theologian [- - -]'

Text: IG XII 6,2, no. 928.