Lamp from Egypt with Greek inscription (6th–7th c.) referring to *Onnophrios (Egyptian Anchorite, 4th c., S00055), exact provenance unknown.
Evidence ID
E00329
Type of Evidence
Images and objects - Lamps, ampullae and tokens
Inscriptions - Inscribed objects
αββα Ὀνούφριος ἀναχωρητής
'Abba Onnophrios, the anchorite'
Translation: G. Schenke
Use of Images
Commissioning/producing an image
Cult Related ObjectsOil lamps/candles
Source
A small lamp of unknown provenance, dated to 500–650, shows a figure and the Greek inscription (LampesMB 12033). The lamp is now housed in the Benaki Museum in Athens.Discussion
Many lamps with inscriptions to saints were produced in Elephantine, so that this might be a possible provenance. See the moulds for such lamps with an inscription to Onnophrios (E00112).Bibliography
Edition:Loverdou-Tsigarida, K., "Ἐνεπίγραφοι κοπτικοὶ λύχνοι τοῦ Μουσείου Μπενάκη," Δελτίον τῆς χριστιανικῆς ἀρχαιολογικῆς ἑταιρείας (1970–1972), 130–145.
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (SEG) 37 (1990), 1624–1632.
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 161–162.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
4/3/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00055 | Onnophrios, Egyptian anchorite, 4th c. | αββα Ὀνούφριος | Certain |
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