Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
First person simgular – speaking object or building; με ἔτευξεν So-and-so made me
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 436
-
AD 437
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
lintel
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Foundation of a building
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
lintel
People mentioned:
Name:
Timostatides
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Founder
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Name:
Silbanos/Silvanus
Patronym:
Status:
maker
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
maker
Occupation:
artisan
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 436–437 CE (the year 748 of the Seleucid era). description: Written across two lintel blocks, one on top of the other. Dimensions: Block 1: H. 56 cm; W. 100 cm; Th. 85 cm. Block 2: H. 41 cm; W. 100 cm; Th. 85 cm. ed. Jarry 1967, 202–203, no. 142. Cf. TIB 15, p. 1614. Τιμοστα- τίδης. Σιλ- βανός με ἔτευξεν ἔτι ημψ “Timostatides. Silvanos made me in the year 748.” Commentary: The inscription is difficult to interpret. Jarry had no explanation for the first word, the enigmatic Timostatides. He expected that Silvanus was the name of the artisan who carved the lintel with its inscription, or, which is more probably worked on the construction of the whole building. As for the formulae, he saw it interesting that the first person singular form positioned the inscription in the tradition of the "the speaking objects". Jarry was able to make a prosopographical correlation with a certain Silvanos from IGLS IV 1629 and 1939.
Author:
Paweł Nowakowski
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-06 23:36:49
Last update:
2023-11-13 21:29:15
Building:
Unknown 2
Dimensions: surface: w 100 x h 56 x d 85 cm surface: w 100 x h 41 x d 85 cm
Condition: Written across two lintel blocks, one on top of the other.
Text:
Date: 436 CE - 437 CE
(the year 748 of the Seleucid era)
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Syria Qirsalī (Qirsali; Qirsālī; Qīrsālī; Kirsanlī) 36.80925, 37.418842 Unknown 2 lintel
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: building inscription
Summary:
Greek inscription from Qirsalī (Qirsali; Qirsālī; Qīrsālī; Kirsanlī). 436 CE - 437 CE.
Changes history: 2022-11-06 Pawel Nowakowski Creation; 2023-09-02 Pawel Nowakowski Last modification; 2023-11-06 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
‘Timostatides. Silvanos made me in the year 748’
Commentary
The inscription is difficult to interpret. Jarry had no explanation for the first word, the enigmatic Timostatides. He expected that Silvanus was the name of the artisan who carved the lintel with its inscription, or, which is more probably worked on the construction of the whole building. As for the formulae, he saw it interesting that the first person singular form positioned the inscription in the tradition of the "the speaking objects".
Jarry was able to make a prosopographical correlation with a certain Silvanos from IGLS IV 1629 and 1939.
Bibliography (edition)
- J., Jarry, 1967, Inscriptions arabes, syriaques et grecques du massif du Bélus en Syrie du nord [avec 42 planches], Annales Islamologiques 7, 202-203, 142.
Bibliography
- TIB 15 K.-P., Todt, B. A., Vest, 2014, Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Vienna, 1614.