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E00709: Greek inscription from Anazarbos (Cilicia, south-eastern Asia Minor) with a poem commemorating the restoration of a picture of *Menas (probably the soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073) perhaps in the apse of a local church, funded by an unnamed emperor. Probably 6th c.
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posted on 2015-09-12, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiIn four lines of hexameters:
+ Μηνᾶς ὑψικέλευ|θε τεὸν πολυπίδ[α]|κα μαζόν
σῶζε πο̣[ρ]|ὼν ναέτηισιν ἔχει[ν] | εὐπάρθενον ἥβη[ν]· |
δωτίναις βασιλήισι | ἔχεις πεφυλαγμέ|νον εἶδος
ἁψῖδος | στροφάλιγγι Φι|λαγριάδεσσι με|ρίμναις (ivy leaf)
Φιλαγρίου ἰν|λουστρίου (ivy leaf)
3-4. πο̣[ρ]|ὼν Halkin, Hamdi Sayar, Dagron & Marcillet-Jaubert, πα[ρ]|ὼν Merkelbach & Stauber Robert Gough
'+ Heavenly Menas, keep this multiple fountain (literally: your many-fountained breast), granting the inhabitants to have youthful vigour. Thanks to imperial largesse, your image is secured on the circle of the apse by the efforts of Philagrios. (Poem) by Philagrios, of illustris rank.'
Text: I. Anazarbos, no. 58. Trans. E. Rizos, P. Nowakowski.
+ Μηνᾶς ὑψικέλευ|θε τεὸν πολυπίδ[α]|κα μαζόν
σῶζε πο̣[ρ]|ὼν ναέτηισιν ἔχει[ν] | εὐπάρθενον ἥβη[ν]· |
δωτίναις βασιλήισι | ἔχεις πεφυλαγμέ|νον εἶδος
ἁψῖδος | στροφάλιγγι Φι|λαγριάδεσσι με|ρίμναις (ivy leaf)
Φιλαγρίου ἰν|λουστρίου (ivy leaf)
3-4. πο̣[ρ]|ὼν Halkin, Hamdi Sayar, Dagron & Marcillet-Jaubert, πα[ρ]|ὼν Merkelbach & Stauber Robert Gough
'+ Heavenly Menas, keep this multiple fountain (literally: your many-fountained breast), granting the inhabitants to have youthful vigour. Thanks to imperial largesse, your image is secured on the circle of the apse by the efforts of Philagrios. (Poem) by Philagrios, of illustris rank.'
Text: I. Anazarbos, no. 58. Trans. E. Rizos, P. Nowakowski.
History
Evidence ID
E00709Saint Name
Menas, soldier and martyr Abu Mena : S00073Saint Name in Source
ΜηνᾶςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Language
- Greek
Evidence not before
516Evidence not after
650Activity not before
309Activity not after
650Place of Evidence - Region
Asia MinorPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
AnazarbaPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Anazarba Nicomedia Νικομήδεια Nikomēdeia Izmit Πραίνετος Prainetos NicomediaCult activities - Places
Cult building - independent (church)Cult activities - Places Named after Saint
- Other
Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Prayer/supplication/invocationCult activities - Use of Images
- Commissioning/producing an image