Greek invocation of a saint *Constantine (possibly the emperor Constantine I, ob. 337, S00186), inscribed on a water basin. Found at Amaseia (Helenopontus, northernt Asia Minor). Perhaps 7th-9th c.
Evidence ID
E00970
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements
On a white marble rectangular water basin:
̣ἅ̣γ[ιε (?)] κῦρι Κωσσταντῖν̣ε
'O holy lord Constantine, (help)!'
Text: Studia Pontica III/1, no. 133.
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesMonarchs and their family
Cult Related ObjectsWater basins
Source
A white marble rectangular water basin, reused in a private garden at Amasya (ancient Amaseia, Helenopontus, north-eastern Asia Minor). Found by Franz Cumont in 1900, revisited by Henri Grégoire in 1907. Dimensions: W. 1.02 m x 0.9 m; diameter of the cavity 0.6 m; depth 0.5 m. Cumont was able to examine only one side of the basin. The other was fixed to a wall, perhaps it was also inscribed.Discussion
The inscription is an invocation of the 'holy lord Constantine', possibly the emperor Constantine, as a saint. Unfortunately, there is no way to securely date this inscription. Late antique dating would make it an important attestation to the cult of Constantine, just as in the case of E00867 and E01150. However, such an early date is dubious as comparable evidence for the cult of Constantine from this period is scarce. It is more reasonable to suppose that the invocation was engraved somewhat later, for example in the late 7th-9th c.Bibliography
Edition:Anderson, J.G.C., Cumont, F., Grégoire, H., Studia Pontica, vol. 3, part 1: Recueil des inscriptions grecques et latines du Ponte et de l'Arménie (Brussels: Lamertin, 1910), no. 133
Further reading:
Halkin, F., "Inscriptions grecques relatives à l'hagiographie, IX, Asie Mineure", Analecta Bollandiana 71 (1953), 95 note 10.
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From: Studia Pontica 3/1, no. 133. better image??
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
11/12/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00186 | Constantine, emperor, ob. 337 | Κωσσταντῖνος | Uncertain | S01746 | Konstantinos (unspecified) | Κωσσταντῖνος | Uncertain |
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