E01673: Greek inscription commemorating the construction of a martyr shrine (martyrion) of unnamed 'holy, gloriously triumphant martyrs'. Found at Qerqania near Antioch on the Orontes (north Syria). Perhaps 7th c., although once dated to the 4th c.

[ἐν ὀνόματι] τῆς ἁγίας ὁμο[ο]υσίου Τριάδος, ἐτ-
[ελειώθη τ]ὸ μαρτύριον το͂ν ἁγίον καλινίκο-
[ν μαρτύρ]ον. ἐλέει θεοῦ λέμψοντε μισθ-
[ὸν αἰώνι]ον ετ̣ινες ἐκαρποφόρεεσαν κὲ
[εἰσέτι κ]αρποφοροῦσιν. ἐτελεόθε κ(αὶ)
[ἡγιάσθ]η ἐν μενὶ Πανέμο ἰνδ. δʹ τοῦ vacat?
[ ... ἔ]τους. ἔργον Ἰουλιανοῦ, Ζίβνου
[ - - -]ου καὶ Ἀνδρέου γραμιστοῦ κα Ἀδεα

1-2. perhaps χάριτι τῆς ἁγίας ὁμοουσίου Τριάδος, cf. SEG 38, 1660 (Khirbet el-Kursi, Arabia) or or εἰς δόξαν || 2. ἔτ[- - -] Jarry || 3-4. καλινίκο[ν - - -]|ον Jarry || 4-8. ονετ̣ινες ἐκαρποφορέεσαν κε[- - - | κ]αρποφόρου σινετελεόθε κ[- - -]|η ἐν μενὶ Πανέμο ἰνδ. δʹ τοῦ [- - -]| ἔτους ἔργον Ἰουλιανοῦ Ζίβνου[- - -]|ου καὶ Ἀνδρέου γραμιστοῦ κα Ἀδεα [- - -] Jarry || 8. - - -]ου perhaps a personal name or a professions, e.g. τεχνίτ]ου or ἐργολάβ]ου

'[In the name] of the Holy and Consubstantial Trinity. The shrine (martyrion) of the holy and gloriously triumphant martyrs was completed. By the mercy of God those who offered and offer in this place will receive the eternal reward. It was completed and consecrated in the month of Panemos, during the 4th indiction, in the [- - -] year. The work of Ioulianos, Zivnos (?), [- - -] and Andreas, draughtsman, and Addeas.'

Text: Jarry 1967, no. 116, altered and translated by E. Rizos and P. Nowakowski.