Inscriptions from Eastern Phrygia and Galatia
Ferit BAZ 1–7
Doi: 10.36991/PHILIA.202202
Abstract: The article presents four Christian inscriptions from the district Saimbeyli in Southeast Cappadocia. The inscriptions nos. 1–3 were found in the ruins of a church in Cumhurlu. No. 1 mentions the patrons of the church (Hagios Georgios and Eustathios). No. 2, erected by the chorepiskopos Euplokos in fulfillment of a vow, contains an acclamation at the end. No. 3 is the funerary inscription of a woman named Kalissora. It is composed as a dialogue between the deceased woman (Kalissora) and the Virgin Mary. The last inscription was found in the neighbouring village Cıvıklı. It was part of the funerary monument of the deacon Georgius. Remains of a church are also attested in the village.
Keywords: Cappadocia, Saimbeyli, Christian dedications and epitaphs, Hagios Georgios, Hagios Eustathios.
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