E01860: Two fragmentary Greek building inscriptions, both for a martyr shrine (martyrion). Found at 'Ōdjeh near Apamea on the Orontes, and Androna (central Syria). Probably 5th-6th c.

Inscription 1:

Fragmentary stone lintel. Broken and lost at the left-hand end. The inscription is in low-relief, on three bands.

Found in the southwest sector of the ruins at 'Ōdjeh, by the Princeton Archaeological Expedition to Syria. First published by William Prentice in 1922. Republished by René Mouterde in 1955, from the edition by Prentice.

[- - -] εὐξάμενος
[μετὰ τῶν ἰ]δίων ἐτέλε-
[σε τὸ ἅγιο]ν (?) μαρτύριον

2. [μετὰ τῶν ἰ]δίων Mouterde Witkowski, [ἐκ τῶν ἰ]δίων Prentice 3. perhaps [τὸ τῶν ἀποστόλω]ν Mouterde

'[- - -] having sworn a vow completed [this holy] martyr shrine (martyrion) at his own expense (or: with his family).'

Text: IGLS 4, no. 1656.

Inscription 2:

Stone lintel. Broken into three conjoining fragments. One of the fragments is decorated with a low-relief carving of a christogram with the letters Α and Ω. The inscription is in low-relief.

Found in the southwest sector of the ruins at 'Ōdjeh, by the Princeton Archaeological Expedition to Syria. First published by William Prentice in 1922. Republished by René Mouterde in 1955, from the edition by Prentice.

̣Ολναψων- ης εὐξάμεν-
[ο]ς μετὰ τῶν εἰδίων ἐτέλε-
<σε> τὸ ἅγιον μαρτύριον

1. ̣Ολναψωνης = perhaps <Φαλ>α<δ>ώνης Mouterde, ̣Ολναψωνης = Ἀναψώνης Prentice || 2-3. ἐτέλε|<σε> Mouterde, ἐτελε|ῖτο Prentice

'Olnapsones (?) having sworn a vow completed this holy martyr shrine (martyrion) at his own expense (or: with his family).'

Text: IGLS 4, no. 1657.