A marble plaque with a Greek graffito with the name of *John the Apostle and Evangelist (S00042). Found at Thasos/modern Limenas (island of Thasos; Aegean Islands). Probably late antique.
Evidence ID
E01250
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Graffiti
Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Ἀπ(όστολος) ΣΚΟ
1. ΣΚΟ = σκέ(πε) (?)
'John the Apostle (?) (- - -)'
Text: Dunant & Pouilloux 1958, no. 366.
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
A marble plaque. H. 0.72 m; W. 0.44 m; Th. 0.075 m; letter height 0.03 m. First recorded by Alfred Laumonier in 1923, but subsequently lost, at the site of the agora of the ancient city of Thasos (on the northern coast of the island). Retrieved in 1946. Currently kept in the Archaeological Museum of Thasos in Limenas.Discussion
The inscription is in the form of a graffito. It is almost certainly the name of John the Evangelist, followed by an unintelligible word: ΣΚΟ. Perhaps the word should be corrected to σκέ(πε)/'protect', a formula quite common in Greek invocations, for example, from the island of Tinos (see: E01228).Christiane Dunant and Jean Pouilloux edited the inscription among the late antique finds from Thasos, prior to the 7th c., but they give no arguments for this dating.
Bibliography
Edition:Dunant, Chr., Pouilloux, J., Recherches sur l'histoire et les cultes de Thasos, vol. 2: De 196 av. J.-C. jusq'à la fin de l'antiquité (Paris: Librairie E de Boccard, 1958), no. 366.
Further reading:
"Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques dans l'Orient hellénique", Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 47 (1923), 537.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
07/04/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00042 | John, the Apostle and Evangelist | Ἰω(άννης) | Certain |
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