E01938.jpg (25.99 kB)
Download fileE01938: Glass jug with an engraved invocation 'apa Saint Sabas', probably *Sabbas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery in Palestine, S00910). Reportedly found in Ḥimṣ/Emesa (northwest Phoenicia) and possibly brought there as a pilgrim's souvenir from the Mar Saba Monastery. Probably the 6th-7th c.
online resource
posted on 18.10.2016, 00:00 by pnowakowskiἀπ(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.
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.