MAMA XI 20 (Apollonia)
Relief plaque depicting the archangel Gabriel
- Type of monument:
- Christian relief plaque.
- Location:
- Uluborlu (Apollonia): in the house of Mehmet Somurgaç, on the road to İnhisar (with MAMA IV 210).
- Description:
- Fragment of upper part of white marble relief plaque, broken on all sides. Moulding above, with inscription; on main face, head of archangel Gabriel with nimbus in relief, with inscription to r.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.26; W. 0.35; Th. 0.08; letters 0.020-0.025.
- Record:
- MB notebook copy (1956/95).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Late antique or Byzantine period.
On upper moulding:
[- - -] Κ̣ ΤΟΝ[- - -]
Below moulding:
[ὁ ἀρ(χάγγελος)] βρι-
[Γα]- ήλ
[The archangel Ga]briel.
In line 1, the letter kappa has an abbreviation mark on the lower diagonal stroke, presumably κ(αί).