Glass jug with an engraved invocation 'apa Saint Sabas', probably *Sabas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery in Palestine, S00910). Reportedly found in Ḥimṣ/Emesa (north-west Phoenicia) and possibly brought there as a pilgrim's souvenir from the Mar Saba Monastery. Probably the 6th-7th c.
Evidence ID
E01938
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed objects
Images and objects - Lamps, ampullae and tokens
Images and objects - Other portable objects (metalwork, ivory, etc.)
ἀπ(ὰ) (?) ἅγ(ιε) Σά-
βας χαρ-
ιέσ<τ(ατε)> (?) βω(ήθι).
Δεσ(ίου) ειʹ
'O apa Saint Sabas, the most graceful, help! On the 15th (day of the month) of Daisios.'
Text: IGLS 5, no. 2468.
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
RelicsAmpullae, eulogiai, tokens
Cult Related ObjectsAmpullae, flasks, etc.
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. 2468.
Further reading:
Avshalom-Gorni, D., Tatcher, A., Tzaferis, V., "The veneration of St. Sabas in southern Phoenicia: the evidence of a bronze oil lamp from Khirbet esh-Shubeika", in: J. Patrich (ed.), The Sabaite Heritage in the Orthodox Church from the Fifth Century to the Present (Leuven: Peters, 2001), 347-352.
Images
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Drawing. From: IGLS 5, 197.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00910 | Sabas the Sanctified, founder of the Mar Saba monastery, ob. 532 | Σάβας | Uncertain |
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