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E03300: Greek epitaph for Euphemia, a nun asked to intercede for her family after death (S01734). Found at Alexandreia Troas in Hellespontus (north-west Asia Minor). Probably late antique.
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posted on 2017-07-16, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiThe inscription has a complicated layout organised around a cross in low-relief:
On top: ἐνθάδε ἀναπαύετε
On the vertical arm of the cross: ἡ εὐλαβ(εστάτη) δούλη τοῦ Χ(ριστο)ῦ
On the horizontal arm of the cross: παρθένος Εὐφημία·
To the left of the cross:
πρεσβίαις
αὐτῆς, ὁ θ(εό)ς,
ἐλέησον
τοὺς ἀδελ-
φοὺς αὐτῆς (monogram: ΡΑΤ)
κ(αὶ) (Ῥουφῖνον)
To the right of the cross:
κ(αὶ) φύλαξον
προνοίᾳ
τῇ ἁγίᾳ
σου τὸν
ἀνέψιον
αὐτῆς τὸ-
ν δοῦλόν
σου (Ἀνατόλιον)
κ(αὶ) φύλαξον Feissel Kirchhoff, Κ(ύριε) φύλαξον Drew-Bear
'Here rests the most pious servant of Christ, the virgin Euphemia. Through her intercessions, O God, have mercy upon her brothers (name written as an undeciphered monogram) and (Rouphinos), and protect by your holy providence her cousin (Anatolios)!'
Text: SEG 60, 1310. Translation: P. Nowakowski.
On top: ἐνθάδε ἀναπαύετε
On the vertical arm of the cross: ἡ εὐλαβ(εστάτη) δούλη τοῦ Χ(ριστο)ῦ
On the horizontal arm of the cross: παρθένος Εὐφημία·
To the left of the cross:
πρεσβίαις
αὐτῆς, ὁ θ(εό)ς,
ἐλέησον
τοὺς ἀδελ-
φοὺς αὐτῆς (monogram: ΡΑΤ)
κ(αὶ) (Ῥουφῖνον)
To the right of the cross:
κ(αὶ) φύλαξον
προνοίᾳ
τῇ ἁγίᾳ
σου τὸν
ἀνέψιον
αὐτῆς τὸ-
ν δοῦλόν
σου (Ἀνατόλιον)
κ(αὶ) φύλαξον Feissel Kirchhoff, Κ(ύριε) φύλαξον Drew-Bear
'Here rests the most pious servant of Christ, the virgin Euphemia. Through her intercessions, O God, have mercy upon her brothers (name written as an undeciphered monogram) and (Rouphinos), and protect by your holy providence her cousin (Anatolios)!'
Text: SEG 60, 1310. Translation: P. Nowakowski.
History
Evidence ID
E03300Saint Name
Euphemia, a deceased nun invoked at Alexandreia Troas in Hellespontus (northwest Asia Minor) : S01734Saint Name in Source
ΕὐφημίαRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptionsLanguage
- Greek