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Building inscription of church of St John Prodromos

Type of monument:
Building inscription.
Location:
Karasandıklı (Pentapolis): in a stable; said to have been found near the mosque.
Description:
White marble moulding, perhaps the coping of a screen. The inscription is on the upper surface and may belong to a secondary use of the stone. Broken right.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.185; W. 0.93+; Th. 0.115; letters 0.017-0.030 (1955/37).
Record:
Drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1955/37).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Middle Byzantine period.
 
 

† Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τοὺς καλς κάμοντα(ς) τὸ ἔρ-
γον τοῦ τημήου Προδρόμου. †
Lord, save those who have laboured well on the work of the venerable Forerunner.

The building (τὸ ἔργον) referred to was presumably a church or a martyrion dedicated to St John the Baptist (ὁ Πρόδρομος, the ‘forerunner’).

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 154 (Pentapolis 22: 1955-37)

MAMA XI 154 (Pentapolis 22: 1955-37)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 154 (Pentapolis 22: 1955-37)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 154 (Pentapolis 22: 1955-37)