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Early christian inscriptions in the Epigraphical Museum of Athens

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• Νταντής, Στέλιος Π.

Ten Early Christian grave inscriptions kept in the Epigraphical Museum of Athens are published here for the first time. With the exception of No. 1, both the time and the place of their discovery are unknown. A common feature is that all ten inscriptions are introduced by the term κυμητήριον customary in Athenian inscriptions of this kind. Inscription No. I includes a reference to the deceased’s occupation —notably that of βακτράς, which is unknown to us but must have been assigned to a maker of βάκτρα (sticks, staffs). Also noteworthy is inscription No. 2 for the three phases of its carving. Initially the tombstone was engraved with the name of Eros, a heathen. Later an unsuccessful attempt was made to engrave this face again with a new inscription recording that same name. Finally, an inscription was carved on the opposite side of this face with the names of Eros and of his Christian wife Anastasia. In the last inscription (No. 10) we should draw attention to the carefully executed cruciform ornament which forms the semicircular finial of the grave stele.

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