Mould-made terracotta amphora stoppers with Greek inscriptions referring to *Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073) and just possibly to *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), ob. early 4th cent., S00641) and *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080). Found at Antinoopolis (Upper Egypt). Date unknown; just possbily 6th c.
Evidence ID
E07315
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed objects
Κόλλουθος
'Kollouthos.'
Text: Donadoni 1957, 488, no. 11.
Φοιβάμμων
'Phoibammon.'
Text: Donadoni 1957, 488, no. 15.
ἁγίου Μηνᾶ
'Of Saint Menas.'
Text: Donadoni 1957, 488, no. 16.
Μηνᾶ
'Menas.'
Text: Donadoni 1957, 488, no. 17.
Source
Mould-made terracotta amphora stoppers. Found at Antinoopolis (Upper Egypt).Bibliography
Edition:Donadoni, S., "Epigrafia cristiana minore da Antinoe", in Studi in onore di Aristide Calderini e Roberto Paribeni, vol. 2 (Milan: Casa Editrice Ceschina, 1957), 485-489.
Further Reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides: L'apport des inscriptions et des papyrus grecs et coptes (Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2001), 148-149.
Reference works:
Sammelbuch Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, VIII (Wiesbaden, 1967), no. 10049.
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 18, 672.
Record Created By
Małgorzata Krawczyk
Date of Entry
31/12/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00073 | Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena | Μηνᾶς | Certain | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | Φοιβάμμων | Uncertain | S00641 | Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis | Κόλλουθος | Uncertain |
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