E04150: Pilgrim ampulla from a shrine of *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023), bearing a Greek inscription. Now in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Provenance unknown, probably Syria or Palestine. Probably 6th c.
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posted on 2017-10-13, 00:00 authored by BryanPilgrim ampulla of unknown provenance. Now in the Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore). First published by Josef Engemann in 2002.
Both sides of the body are decorated with an image of a rider with nimbus. He is holding a spear with a cross on both ends. The editor notes that no demon or other evil entity is shown under the horse, a common motif on other ampullae with holy riders.
The neck is decorated with a cross under an arch. One side of the ampulla is corroded, the other has a small hole near the head of the rider.
The inscription which runs around the image of the rider, on both sides, reads:
+ εὐλογία Κυρίου ἁγίου Σεργίου
'+ Eulogia of the Lord of Saint Sergios.'
Text: Engemann 2002, 158.
Both sides of the body are decorated with an image of a rider with nimbus. He is holding a spear with a cross on both ends. The editor notes that no demon or other evil entity is shown under the horse, a common motif on other ampullae with holy riders.
The neck is decorated with a cross under an arch. One side of the ampulla is corroded, the other has a small hole near the head of the rider.
The inscription which runs around the image of the rider, on both sides, reads:
+ εὐλογία Κυρίου ἁγίου Σεργίου
'+ Eulogia of the Lord of Saint Sergios.'
Text: Engemann 2002, 158.
History
Evidence ID
E04150Saint Name
Sergios, soldier and martyr of Rusafa : S00023Saint Name in Source
ΣέργιοςRelated Saint Records
Image Caption 1
From: Engemann 2002, Tafel 8.Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed objects Images and objects - Lamps, ampullae and tokensLanguage
- Greek
