Greek inscription with an invocation of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), incised on a bowl found in the ruins of a gymnasium in Pergamon (province of Asia, north-west Asia Minor). Probably late antique (5th-8th c.).
Evidence ID
E00737
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
ἅγιε Πέτ[ρε], βοήθι ΕΙΕΑΝ
1. βοηθειε αν = βοήθοῖς ἄν or βοήθει ἄν Lampakis, ΕΙΕΑΝ = Εἰοάν(νῃ) = Ἰωάν(νῃ) Dörpfeld apud Hepding Halkin
'Saint Pet[er], help Ioan(nes?)'
Text: Hepding 1910, no. 72.
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesOther lay individuals/ people
Source
On a rough trachyte bowl, found in the ruins of the 'Gymnasium of the νέοι' in 1905 or 1906. Described as μαρμαρίνη πλάξ by Georgios Lampakis. H. 0.19 m; W. 0.41 m.Discussion
Invocations of this kind are very common, and cannot be precisely dated.Bibliography
Edition:Lampakis, G., Οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀστέρες τῆς ἀποκαλύψεως ἤτοι ἱστορία, ἐρείπια, μνημεϊα καὶ νῦν κατάστασις τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίων τῆς Ἀσίας (Athens: , 1909), 280
Hepding, H., "Die Arbeiten zu Pergamon 1908-1909 II. Die Inschriften", Athenische Mitteilungen 35 (1910), no. 72
Further Reading:
Halkin, F., "Inscriptions grecques relatives à l'hagiographie, IX, Asie Mineure", Analecta Bollandiana 71 (1953), 77
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
30/09/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00036 | Peter, the Apostle | Πέτρος | Certain |
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