Greek inscription on a terracotta lamp found by the port at Karnak (Upper Egypt), invoking the martyrs Abba *Loukios and Abba Arsenios (ascetics of Syrian origin, and martyrs near Panopolis, S02600); datable to the years 500–650.
Evidence ID
E06902
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed objects
SB 3 6204
αββα Λούκιος καὶ αββα Ἀρσένιος μάρτυρ(ες)
'Abba Loukios and Abba Arsenios, the martyrs.'
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The terracotta lamp is kept at the Cairo Museum.Discussion
The same pair appears in E05971 and E06818 with their feast day, 16 Choiak (12/13 December).The two saints are mentioned in the typika of the White Monastery and the Arabic Synaxarion as Arsenios and Eulogios under the date 16 Choiak (12/13 December). They are said to have been ascetics near Panopolis, both of Syrian origin and both suffering martyrdom together.
Bibliography
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 59.O'Leary, De L., Saints of Egypt (London: SPCK, 1937), 134.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
16/10/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S02600 | Arsenios and Loukios, ascetics of Syrian origin, martyrs near Panopolis (Upper Egypt) | αββα Λούκιος καὶ αββα Ἀρσένιος | Certain |
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