A round terracotta disk with an inscription referring to *Raphael (the Archangel, S00481). Found at Anemourion (Isauria, southern Asia Minor). Probably late antique.
Evidence ID
E01031
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed objects
Images and objects - Lamps, ampullae and tokens
Images and objects - Other portable objects (metalwork, ivory, etc.)
A round terracotta mould with a Latin cross in the centre and an inscription, running around the edge, in mirror writing:
Εὐλογία τοῦ ἁγίου Ῥαφαήλ
'Blessing of Saint Raphael.'
Text: Russell 1982, 542-543.
Activities accompanying CultPilgrimage
Relics
Production and selling of eulogiai, tokens
Non Liturgical ActivityPilgrimage
Visiting graves and shrines
RelicsAmpullae, eulogiai, tokens
Cult Related ObjectsAmpullae, flasks, etc.
Discussion
James Russell plausibly argues that this was a mould designed for the production of amuletic discs, but it is also not unlikely that it was made to stamp bread (that it was a stamp, or mould, is suggested by the use of mirror-writing).Bibliography
Edition:Hagel, St., Tomaschitz, K., (eds.), Repertorium der westkilikischen Inschriften (Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse 265, Ergänzungsbände zu den Tituli Asiae Minoris 22, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1998), no. Anm 46.
Russell, J., "The evil eye in early Byzantine history. Archaeological evidence from Anemurium in Isauria", Jahrbuch der österreichsichen Byzantinistik 32 (1982), 542-543.
Reference works:
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 39, 1425.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
29/12/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00481 | Raphael, the Archangel | Ῥαφαήλ | Certain |
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