E02682: Fragmentary Greek inscription invoking Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and the Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Found at Sala/Saleh, near Bostra (Jordan/Roman province of Arabia). Probably 6th-7th c.

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posted on 2017-04-10, 00:00 authored by pnowakowski

+ ..ρα
Μαρία,
[ἅ]γιος Μιχαήλ

'+ [- - -] Mary, Saint Michael!'

Text: Waddington 1870, no. 2263.

History

Evidence ID

E02682

Saint Name

Mary, Mother of Christ : S00033 Michael, the Archangel : S00181

Saint Name in Source

Μαρία Μιχαήλ

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)

Language

Greek

Evidence not before

500

Evidence not after

700

Activity not before

500

Activity not after

700

Place of Evidence - Region

Arabia Arabia

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Bosra Sala/Saleh

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Bosra Sakkaia / Maximianopolis Σακκαια Sakkaia Saccaea Eaccaea Maximianopolis Shaqqa Schaqqa Shakka Sala/Saleh Sakkaia / Maximianopolis Σακκαια Sakkaia Saccaea Eaccaea Maximianopolis Shaqqa Schaqqa Shakka

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

Reportedly framed by a large rectangle or a tabula ansata. There is no published description. Seen by William Waddington in the 1860s, and first published by him 1870 with virtually no comments. The inscription is scheduled for re-redition in the sixteenth volume of Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, under no. 906.

Discussion

The inscription invokes Mary (if this is not a donor's name, e.g. ̣Κ̣υρὰ | Μαρία/'Kyra Maria') and certainly the Archangel Michael. We do not know if the Archangel *Gabriel was also mentioned, but this is plausible, as the three figures often occur together. Dating: there is no reliable way to date the text, but in this region invocations of Mary and Michael are characteristic of the 6th and 7th centuries.

Bibliography

Edition: IGLS 16, no. 906 (forthcoming). Waddington, W.H., Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie (Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, Libraires-Éditeurs, 1870), no. 2263.

E02682: Fragmentary Greek inscription invoking Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and the Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Found at Sala/Saleh, near Bostra (Jordan/Roman province of Arabia). Probably 6th-7th c.

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E02682: Fragmentary Greek inscription invoking *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and the *Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Found at Sala/Saleh, near Bostra (Jordan/Roman province of Arabia). Probably 6th-7th c.

History

Evidence ID

Saint Name

Saint Name in Source

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Language

Evidence not before

Evidence not after

Activity not before

Activity not after

Place of Evidence - Region

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Source

Discussion

Bibliography

Usage metrics

Categories

Keywords

Licence

Exports

E02682: Fragmentary Greek inscription invoking Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and the Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Found at Sala/Saleh, near Bostra (Jordan/Roman province of Arabia). Probably 6th-7th c.