Terracotta disc of unknown Egyptian provenance, with a Greek inscription to *Shenoute (abbot of the White Monastery, ob. 465, S00688), depicting a person with a nimbus praying; datable to the 6th/7th c.
Evidence ID
E01090
Type of Evidence
Images and objects - Other portable objects (metalwork, ivory, etc.)
Inscriptions - Inscribed objects
SB 1.2072:
ὁ ἅγιος Σινοῦθι[ς]
'Saint Shenoute'
Cult Related ObjectsAmpullae, flasks, etc.
Ampullae, flasks, etc.
Other
Source
The disc belongs to the Musée du Louvre in Paris and was acquired in 1905. Nothing is said of its size or possible function. All that is quoted in the Jahrbuch des kaiserlich deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 21 (1906), 243, is the following: 'Terre cuite. 18. Disque portant sur sa face antérieure l’image en relief de saint Chenouti, debout, de face, nimbé, les bras étendus dans l’attitude de la prière. A doite et à gauche, l’inscription Ο ΑΓΙΟC | CΙΝΥΘΙ ////, dispose verticalement. Don de M. l’abbé Henry Thédenat, member de l’Institut. Égypt.'Discussion
Not knowing the actual size of the object, nor in what context it was found, makes it difficult to evaluate it. It might just be a circular fragment of a vessel or the bottom of a cup, but whether this makes it a private or a liturgical object remains just as open.Bibliography
Héron de Villefosse, A., and Michon, E., "Verzeichnis der Erwerbungen des Antiquités Grecques et Romaines für 1905," Archäologischer Anzeiger 21 (1906), 244; reprint in: Jahrbuch des kaiserlich deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 21 (1906), 241–244.Papaconstantinou, A., Le Culte des Saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 185–186.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
22/1/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00688 | Shenoute, abbot of the White Monastery, ob. c. 465. | Σινοῦθις | Certain |
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