MAMA XI 159 (Moxeanoi) 
Templon epistyle mentioning the maistor Leon
- Type of monument:
- Templon epistyle.
- Location:
- Yavaşlar (Moxeanoi): in the wall of a sugar-mill.
- Description:
- White Dokimeian marble templon epistyle, with inscription on the upper fillet. Below, decorative strap-work encircling a medallion with relief portrait of a beardless male figure with large nimbus, holding in his right hand a book emblazoned with a cross.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.15; W. 0.33+; Th. 0.09+; letters 0.01-0.02.
- Record:
- Squeeze; drawing; MB notebook copy (1955/90).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Tenth or eleventh century AD.
On the fillet above the medallion
[(?) ὑπὲρ εὐχῆ]ς μαΐστορος Λ̣έωντος̣
In the medallion
ὁ ἅ(γιος) Φίλιπος
[? In fulfillment of the vow of] the master Leon.
Saint Philip.
Illustrations:
Squeeze of MAMA XI 159 (Moxeanoi 3: 1955-90)
Line drawing of MAMA XI 159 (Moxeanoi 3: 1955-90)
For the monument-type (templon epistyle with portraits of saints on medallions), compare MAMA XI 173 (1956/3-4: Kidyessos). For a very similar epistyle fragment from the neighbouring village of Hocalar, see MAMA VI 359; however, the two fragments do not appear to derive from the same building. We have restored line 1 as a memorial dedication (cf. MAMA XI 184 [1955/21: Synnada]). For the term μαΐστωρ, ‘master-craftsman’, see MAMA XI 336 (1956/178: Perta).