Evidence ID
E00808Saint Name
Archangels (unspecified) : S00191
Michael, the Archangel : S00181Saint Name in Source
ἀρχ]άγελοςType of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Evidence not before
350Evidence not after
800Activity not before
350Activity not after
800Place of Evidence - Region
Asia MinorPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
MiletusPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Miletus
Nicomedia
Νικομήδεια
Nikomēdeia
Izmit
Πραίνετος
Prainetos
NicomediaCult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecifiedSource
One of three fragments of an architrave, found in the church of *Michael the Archangel in Miletos (Caria, western Asia Minor), probably from a chancel screen. H. 0.08 m; W. 0.195 m; Th. 0.14 m. The fragment is decorated with a Ionic cymatium.Discussion
Peter Herrmann supposes that the preserved letters AΓΕΛΟΥ may be remnants of the misspelt name of an *Archangel: ἀρχ]α<γ>γέλου. The reconstruction is justified by the fact that this spelling is attested in other Anatolian inscriptions, see E00844 and E01081. There are, however, other possibilities including, for example, names of ordinary people: Εὐάγγελος, Θεάγγελος etc.Bibliography
Edition:
Herrmann, P. (ed.), Milet. Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen und Untersuchungen seit dem Jahre 1899, vol. 6: Die Inschriften von Milet, part 2 (Berlin – New York 1998), no. 1009c.
Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 1769: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/1769
