MAMA XI 167 (Kidyessos) 
Building inscription, perhaps of a church
- Type of monument:
- Building inscription.
- Location:
- Çobanözü (Kidyessos): in the wall of the mosque.
- Description:
- Irregular yellowish sandstone block, broken at bottom left and bottom right.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.96+; W. 0.86+; Th. --; letters 0.035-0.055.
- Record:
- Drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/8).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Sixth century AD.
θεοῦ προ-
νύᾳ διὰ τοῦ
ἀρχανγέλου
Μιχαὴλ ἐγένετο τὸ
5ἔργον ἐπὶ Ὑσυχίου εὐλ(αβεστάτου) [. ]
[. 1-2 .]Η̣μένω, μηνὶ πρώτ(ῳ) ἐνδι(κτιῶνος) αι΄·
[ὑ]περὶ εὐχῆς Τροφίμου Τ̣ΡΟ[- -]
[- -]υ κὲ παντὸς τοῦ ὔκου̣ [- -]
[- - -] εὐλογία πάσῃ τ[- -]
10[- - -] ἀμήν· vac.
[- - -]ι̣α μαΐστορι Ζω[- -]
[- - -]ν vac.
By divine foresight, through the archangel Michael, this work was completed when the pious Hesychios was..., in the first month of the eleventh indiction. In fulfillment of the vow of Trophimos... and all his house... A blessing on all... Amen. ...the master...
Illustrations:
MAMA XI 167 (Kidyessos 8: 1956-8)
Line drawing of MAMA XI 167 (Kidyessos 8: 1956-8)
The inscription was cut on an irregularly shaped block of coarse sandstone. Lines 1-4 are certainly complete; it is unlikely that more than one or two letters are missing from the start and end of lines 5-7; considerably more may be missing from lines 8-12.
I am unable to propose a plausible restoration for the title of Hesychios in lines 5-6; it is tempting to regard him as an abbot (ἡγουμένος), but the apparent eta at the start of line 6 militates against the restoration [ἡγ|ου]μένω. For the term μαΐστωρ, ‘master-craftsman’ (line 11), see MAMA XI 336 (1956/178: Perta).