E01676: Fragmentary Greek inscription commemorating the construction of a martyr shrine (martyrion) at Khirbet et-Tîn in the territory of Ḥimṣ/Emesa (northwest Phoenicia), just possibly for relics of *Dasios (martyr of Durostorum, on the Lower Danube, S00187). Dated 539.
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posted on 2016-06-28, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiFragment 1:
ἐ̣θ[ε]μελίωσα μαρ(τύριον) (?)
[τοῦ ἁγίου - - -]ου Λε[ό]ντις υἱοῦ Λεοντίου
[εὐχὴν (?) μη(νὶ) Ξανδ]ικ(οῦ) τοῦ νω΄ ἰνδ(ικτιῶν)ου γ΄
1. perhaps + ἐν ὀνόματι Κ(υρίο)υ or χάριτι τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ Lammens || Μάρκος Lammens || 2. perhaps [τοῦ ἁγίου Δασί]ου || 1-3. ἐθ[εμ]ελίωσα Μάρ(κος) | [υἱὸς τ]οῦ Λε[ό]ντις υἱοῦ Λεοντίου | [μηνὶ Ξανθ]ίκ[ου] το[ῦ ἔτους] νω΄ἰνδικ(τιώνος) γ΄Lammens
'[- - -] I, Leontis (?), built from foundations the martyr shrine (martyrion) (?) of Saint [- - -]os as a vow (?) on behalf of my son Leontios. In the month of Xanthikos, the year 850, the 3rd indiction.'
Fragment 2:
+ Δω-
ροστ-
όρου
Β γ + λ
+ Δω|ροστ|όρου | β(οηθοῦντος) Lammens
'+ Of Dorostoron'.
Text: IGLS V, no. 2614.
ἐ̣θ[ε]μελίωσα μαρ(τύριον) (?)
[τοῦ ἁγίου - - -]ου Λε[ό]ντις υἱοῦ Λεοντίου
[εὐχὴν (?) μη(νὶ) Ξανδ]ικ(οῦ) τοῦ νω΄ ἰνδ(ικτιῶν)ου γ΄
1. perhaps + ἐν ὀνόματι Κ(υρίο)υ or χάριτι τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ Lammens || Μάρκος Lammens || 2. perhaps [τοῦ ἁγίου Δασί]ου || 1-3. ἐθ[εμ]ελίωσα Μάρ(κος) | [υἱὸς τ]οῦ Λε[ό]ντις υἱοῦ Λεοντίου | [μηνὶ Ξανθ]ίκ[ου] το[ῦ ἔτους] νω΄ἰνδικ(τιώνος) γ΄Lammens
'[- - -] I, Leontis (?), built from foundations the martyr shrine (martyrion) (?) of Saint [- - -]os as a vow (?) on behalf of my son Leontios. In the month of Xanthikos, the year 850, the 3rd indiction.'
Fragment 2:
+ Δω-
ροστ-
όρου
Β γ + λ
+ Δω|ροστ|όρου | β(οηθοῦντος) Lammens
'+ Of Dorostoron'.
Text: IGLS V, no. 2614.
History
Evidence ID
E01676Saint Name
Unnamed martyrs (or name lost) : S00060 Dasios, soldier martyr in Durostorum : S00187Related Saint Records
Image Caption 1
Drawing; from: IGLS 5, no. 2614.Image Caption 2
Drawing; from: Lammens 1901.Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Language
- Greek