- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . ΛΗ b
a - - - ἡ Θεωτόκος [κ(αὶ) ἀειπάρ]θ̣ενος Μαρία. vac.
-?- ὁ Θεὸς ἀνα]παύσι σε μετὰ π[άντων] τ̣ο̃ν ἁγίον + Σάρρα.
vacat vacat
l. 2. [καὶ etc. Sironen || l. 3. ὁ Θεὸς ἀνα]παύσι Feissel, per epist. || λύοι σε μετὰ Stikas || - -] παύσι Sironen; π [άντων - - -] τ̣ὸν ἅγιον Sironen.
'[- - -] The God-Bearer (Theotokos) and ever-virgin Mary. May [God] grant you rest together with [all] the Saints! Sarra.'
Text: IG IV2 3, no. 1503.
Evidence ID
E06281Saint Name
Mary, Mother of Christ : S00033
All Saints : S01151Saint Name in Source
ΜαρίαImage Caption 1
Preserved fragments of the inscription, photograph. From: Stikas 1962, Plate LI α.Image Caption 2
Photograph. From: IG IV2 3, Tabula XXV, no. 1503.Image Caption 3
Plan of Corinth and vicinity. From: IG IV2 3, 200.Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptionsLanguage
GreekEvidence not before
400Evidence not after
600Activity not before
400Activity not after
600Place of Evidence - Region
Balkans including GreecePlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
CorinthPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Corinth
Drizypera
Δριζύπερα
Drizypera
Büyük KarıştıranCult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Prayer/supplication/invocationCult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Other lay individuals/ peopleSource
Two non-conjoining fragments of a marble slab. Preserved dimensions: H. 0.13 m; W. 0.30 m. Letter height 0.03 m. Found in 1962 in the Basilica of St Quadratus (Kodratos). Now lost.Discussion
The inscription is an epitaph for a person whose name is lost, mentioning *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and invoking God to grant the deceased rest together with *All Saints (S01151). For l. 1. cf. E00805 (Milet VI/2, no. 961): τῆς δεσποί]νòης ἡμῶν τῆς ἁγίας ἐνδόξου Θ+εοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας τῆς εἰς τὰ Κύρρου. On the name Σάρρα, see T. Ilan (ed.), Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity. Part I: Palestine 330 BCE-200 CE (Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum 91; Tübingen, 2002), 254-255.
Dating: Erkki Sironen dates the inscription to the 5th-6th c., probably based on the shape of letters. The same date is given in Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database.
For another Greek inscription found in the Basilica of St. Quadratus at Corinth, see E06282.Bibliography
Edition:
Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 2985: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/2985
Inscriptiones Graecae IV (2nd ed.) 3, no. 1503 and Tab. XXV.
Further Reading:
Stikas, E., "Ανασκαφή κοιμητηριακής βασιλικής Παλαιάς Κορίνθου," Praktika tis en Athinais Archaiologikis Etaireias 117 (1962), 54 and Pl. LI α.
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