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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ἐπὶ ... διὰ Under ... through
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 450
-
AD 600
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Making of an object
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
unknown
People mentioned:
Name:
Spint... = Sisinnios?
Patronym:
Status:
religious_authority
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Eponym
Occupation:
priest
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Name:
Alexandros
Patronym:
Status:
person of importance
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Supervisor
Occupation:
supervisor
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Name:
Sergis
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Name:
Isak
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: Probably between mid-fifth and the end of the sixth century (as other Greek inscriptions from the region). description: On a basalt block, decorated with geometrical patterns. When recorded, the stone was transported to the Museum in Damascus. It may come from the same location as the Syriac inscription found in the settlement, though this is just a supposition. Seen by Virolleaud. First published by René Mouterde from a copy and photograph by Brossé, and from autopsy. ed. IGLS II 279. θεωσεβs εσβs Σπιντ επι Αλεξαν οπs Σεργις ινδs ια Ισακ This was interpreted by Mouterede as follows: [- - - ἐπὶ τοῦ] θεωσεβ(εστάτου) [ἡμ(ῶν) πρ]- εσβ(υτέρου) Σιν[ου (καὶ)] ἐπὶ Ἀλεξάν[δρου ἐπιτρ]- ὀπ(ου) Σεργις [- - -] ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ια´. Ισακ [τεχν(ίτης)] L. 4 may alternatively read: [- - -]|οπ(ίου) Σεργις "[Under our] most God-fearing presbyter Sisinnios (the stone actually has: Spint...) [and] under Alexandros [the overseer?], Sergis [- - -] 11th indiction. Isak [the artisan?]." Commentary: This is certainly a fragment of an inscription commemorating the construction or restoration of an ecclesiastical building.
Author:
Paweł Nowakowski
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-01-01 00:39:01
Last update:
2023-11-13 21:52:17
Building:
Unidentified church
Site:
Ǧneyd; Ǧened; ´Genêd
Dimensions: surface: meter
Condition: On a basalt block, decorated with geometrical patterns.
Text:
Date: 450 CE - 600 CE
Probably between mid-fifth and the end of the sixth century (as other Greek inscriptions from the region).
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Syria Ǧneyd (Ǧened; ´Genêd) 36.079154, 37.372847 Unidentified church unknown
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: building inscription
Summary:
Greek inscription from church in Ǧneyd (Ǧened; ´Genêd). 450 CE - 600 CE.
Changes history: 2022-12-31 Pawel Nowakowski Creation; 2023-09-03 Pawel Nowakowski Last modification; 2023-11-06 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
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4: may alternatively read: [- - -]|οπ(ίου) Σεργις
Translation
‘[Under our] most God-fearing presbyter Sisinnios (the stone actually has: Spint...) [and] under Alexandros [the overseer?], Sergis [- - -] 11th indiction. Isak [the artisan?].’
Commentary
This is certainly a fragment of an inscription commemorating the construction or restoration of an ecclesiastical building.
Bibliography (edition)
- IGLS II L., Jalabert, R., Mouterde, 1939, Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, 2, Chalcidique et Antiochène, Paris, 279.