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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.
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...
Commentary
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).