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E01658: Greek inscriptions (on a lintel and on a reliquary) from the church in Kfeir Dart'Azze in the Limestone Massif (north Syria, between Antioch on the Orontes and ancient Beroia/Aleppo), mentioning an unspecified *Arbelos (S00870), probably a local martyr. After mid-5th c., or later.
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posted on 2016-06-24, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiInscription 1:
According to the editor, Jacques Jarry, the inscription was carved on a plaque which lay on the ground in the north-west corner of the church, but in in Georges Tchalenko's plan of the church it is shown in the south-west corner of the building:
[- - -] ἁγίου Ἰαρβηλου [- - -]
'[- - -] of Saint Iarbelos [- - -]'
Text: Jarry 1970, 203, no. 35.
Inscription 2:
Engraved above two niches on the front face of the reliquary found in the southeast chamber flanking the apse.
ἅγιος Ἀρβελ[ος]
Ἀρβελ[ος] Comte Chehid, Ἰαρβελ[ος] Jarry: based on an unpublished photograph we have, we cannot judge which option is correct
'Saint Arbelos'
Text: Comte 2012, 100-101.
According to the editor, Jacques Jarry, the inscription was carved on a plaque which lay on the ground in the north-west corner of the church, but in in Georges Tchalenko's plan of the church it is shown in the south-west corner of the building:
[- - -] ἁγίου Ἰαρβηλου [- - -]
'[- - -] of Saint Iarbelos [- - -]'
Text: Jarry 1970, 203, no. 35.
Inscription 2:
Engraved above two niches on the front face of the reliquary found in the southeast chamber flanking the apse.
ἅγιος Ἀρβελ[ος]
Ἀρβελ[ος] Comte Chehid, Ἰαρβελ[ος] Jarry: based on an unpublished photograph we have, we cannot judge which option is correct
'Saint Arbelos'
Text: Comte 2012, 100-101.
History
Evidence ID
E01658Saint Name
Arbelos (unspecified) : S00870 Sarbelios, martyr of Edessa, ob. 98-117 : S00908 Sharbel and Babai, martyrs in Edessa, ob. 104 : S01126Saint Name in Source
Ἰαρβηλος, Ἀρβελος Ἰαρβηλος, Ἀρβελος Ἰαρβηλος, ἈρβελοςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.) Inscriptions - Inscribed objects Archaeological and architectural - Extant reliquaries and related fixtures Archaeological and architectural - Cult buildings (churches, mausolea)Language
- Greek