Evidence ID
E01213Saint Name
Michael, the Archangel : S00181Saint Name in Source
Μιχ[αήλ]Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Evidence not before
450Evidence not after
600Place of Evidence - Region
Aegean islands and Cyprus
Aegean islands and CyprusPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
Mytilene
LesbosPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Mytilene
Salamis
Σαλαμίς
Salamis
Salamis
Farmagusta
Far
Κωνσταντία
Konstantia
Constantia
Lesbos
Salamis
Σαλαμίς
Salamis
Salamis
Farmagusta
Far
Κωνσταντία
Konstantia
ConstantiaCult activities - Places
Cult building - independent (church)Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Awarding privileges to cult centresSource
A cross-shaped marble plaque of unknown provenance. Kept in the Museum of Mytilene. Seen and copied by Anastasios Orlandos before 1948, and between 1960 and 1964 by Seraphim Charitonidis. There is no detailed description of the stone.Discussion
The inscription marked the boundaries of a church or an estate belonging to a church dedicated to Michael the Archangel. For an identical formula, engraved on a boundary stone, see: E00963.
Though this inscription does not say so explicitly, boundary stones were usually bestowed upon sanctuaries by emperors.
Dating: Probably late antique - based on dates of other boundary stones, usually authorised by late 5th or 6th c. emperors.Bibliography
Edition:
Charitonidis, S., "Παλαιοχριστιανικὴ τοπογραφία τῆς Λέσβου", ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΝ 23 (1968) ΜΕΡΟΣ Α' - ΜΕΛΕΤΑΙ, 20.
Orlandos, A.K., "Παλαιοχριστιανικά λείψανα τῆς Ῥόδου", Ἀρχεῖον τῶν βυζαντινῶν μνημείων τῆς Ἑλλάδος 6 (1948), 12, note 4.
Further reading:
Dimitrokallis, G., Συμβολαὶ εἰς τὴν μελέτην τῶν βυζαντινῶν μνημείων Νάξου, vol. 1 (Athens: 1972), 75, note 85 (mentioned).
Bulletin épigraphique (1969), 421.
Kiourtzian, G., "Pietas insulariorum", [in:] Eupsychia: mélanges offerts à Hélène Ahrweiler, vol. 2 (Série Byzantina Sorbonensia 16, Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 1998), 377.
