E01796: Greek inscription on a lintel, referring to a saint *John (probably either the Baptist, S00020, or the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042). Found at Abouḍḍouhour/Abu al-Duhur, between Beroia/Aleppo and Ḥamāh (central Syria). Dated 502.
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ἔτους διωʹ <Γ>ορ(πιαίου) <εʹ>. ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης.
1. διωʹ <Γ>ορ(πιαίου) <εʹ> Mouterde, διωιορο copy
'In the year 814, on the 5th (day) of (the month) of Gorpiaios. Saint John.'
Text: IGLS 2, no. 353.
History
Evidence ID
E01796
Saint Name
John the Baptist : S00020
John the Evangelist : S00042
A stone lintel. The inscription is engraved to the right and to the left of a carving of a cross within a circle. Copied by a local and forwarded to Charles-Léonce Brossé. First published by René Mouterde and Louis Jalabert in 1939. There is no published image.
Discussion
The inscription probably commemorates the construction of a church dedicated to an unspecified Saint John: the most plausible candidates are either *John the Baptist or *John the Evangelist.
The date is given according to the Seleucid era. Its year 814 corresponds to AD 502.
Bibliography
Edition:
Mouterde, R., Jalabert, L., Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, vol. 2: Chalcidique et Antiochène: nos 257-698 (Paris: P. Geuthner, 1939), no. 353.