Το τάμα ενός τριβούνου. Παλαιοχριστιανική αφιερωτική επιγραφή από την Πάτμο .

Abstract

This article aims to present systematically for the first time a reused votive inscription of the 5th or the 6th century, preserved now in the church of Saint Thallelaios at Chora, Patmos. It commemorates the paving of a basilica at the expense of the tribune Paul after he was rescued from a shipwreck, during Melitios’ episcopate. The inscription is probably connected with the Early Christian basilica of Saint John the Theologian, the remains of which are recorded in the inventory of the island before it was handed over to Hosios Christodoulos. A foundation inscription mentioning bishop Epithymetos and a boundary mark also originate from the same monument.