Greek inscription marking a church (oikos) of Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023) and invoking his help for unnamed emperors. Found at Ḥamāh/Amathe (central Syria). Probably the 6th c.
Evidence ID
E01927
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
Line 3: [+ ὁ] οἶκος οὗτος το-
Line 2: [ῦ ἁγί]ου Σεργίου. + ἅγιε
Line 1: [βο]ήθι ̣τ(οῖς) Ἀγούστο[ις]
'[+] This is the house (oikos = church) of [Saint] Sergios. + O Saint, help the emperors!'
Text: IGLS 5, no. 2004.
Cult PlacesPrayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Cult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Saint as patron - of an individual
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesMonarchs and their family
Source
Stone slab, reused in a wall. Inscription in low-relief. Some letters are inverted, the order of lines is also unusual. The text should be read apparently from the last line.Discussion
Mouterde plausibly noted that this inscription implied the existence of a church dedicated to Sergios in Ḥamāh/Amathe.Bibliography
Edition:Jalabert, L., Mouterde, R., Mondésert, C., Les inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, vol. 5: Émésène (BAH 66, Paris: P. Guethner, 1959), no. 2004.
Lidzbarski, M., Ephem. f. sem. Epigr., III, 1909-1915, 182-183, N, fig. 22.
Further reading:
Mouterde, R., "", MUSJ 11 (1926), 366.
Images
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Drawing. From: IGLS 5, 18.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
17/10/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00023 | Sergios, soldier and martyr of Rusafa | Σέργιος | Certain |
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