E02146: Greek building inscription for a church (oikos) dedicated to *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) as the God-Bearer (Theotokos). Found at Sakkaia/Maximianopolis near Bostra (Roman province of Arabia). Probably late 5th or 6th c.

οἶκος τῆς ἁγ[ί]ας ἐ[ν]δόξου [Θε]-
οτόκου Μαρίας ἐκ προσ[φ]ορ[ᾶ]-
ς Ἀμέ[ρ]ου Κάρσου Μάνου ἐκ[τί]-
[σθη ἐ]π[ὶ τ]οῦ ὡσιοτ(άτου) Θεοδώ[ρ]ου
ἐν μ(ηνὶ) Ὀκτοβ[ρίῳ, ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ..], ἔτου[ς ...]

3. Κάρσου Μάνου Waddington, Καρσουμάνου Kirchhoff Burckhardt. We ommit other, obviously wrong, completions by Burckhardt.

'Church (oikos) of the holy and glorious God-Bearer (Theotokos) Mary was founded from the offering of Ameros, son of Karsos, grandson of Manos (?), under the most pious Theodoros, in the month of October, [- - - indiction], the year [- - -].'

Text: Waddington 1870, no. 2160a. Translation: P. Nowakowski.