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E04535: Long and complex, but poorly spelt, Greek text roughly inscribed on all the faces of a limestone slate, invoking the help of a number of saints: a saint *Klemens (probably *Clement of Alexandria, S02839), *Polykarpos (bishop and martyr of Smyrna, S00004), *Tryphon (martyr of Nikaia/Nicaea, S00439), *Kyprianos (probably the magician and martyr of Antioch, S01704), *Athanasios (probably the bishop of Alexandria, S00294), *Epiphanios (probably the bishop of Salamis, S00215), *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), and *George (soldier and martyr, S00259). Found at Lythrodontas near ancient Tamassos, Cyprus. Probably 5th or 6th c.
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posted on 2017-12-29, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiSide A:
- - - - - - - - - - - ΝΕΝ - - - - - - - - - ΟΑΝ̣Ο
[Ω?] ΛΟΙΛΕΝ - - - - - - - - - - - ἐπ' αἰῶ̣ν̣α
[- - - -]ΚΑΚΕ· τὸ τῆς ΦΥΛΥΣ κ(αὶ) τοῦ δούλ[ου]
Κυ[ρί]ου (?) Ἐπυφανίου κὲ Γε[ωργ]ήου
[κα]κήας ἀπόστρεψον σ[υ ὁ] θ(εό)ς μου
- - - - ΟΝ ἐπὴ ὀνοματ του· ΣΧ ἁγήε
- - - -ΘΗΝΑ με οὖν ὁ βαση[λ]εὺς τõν
ΣΚΚΑ. ΣΥΣ ΤΗΣ
ΟΥ ΟVV ΓΗ.Σ Γ.ΕΝ - - - -
[οὐρανῶν] Υ ΗΝΑΣ ΤΣ ΝΟΠΗΠ . ΘΝ+V+
- - - - τοῦ φοτὸς Ο.Ι τον τὸν ἤληον
- - - -ΗΡΑΣ δόξα Ο ... πέτραn μεγ-
αλη]ν γένου ἠς ΛΟΝ ΝΕΚΥΟ
- - - κάρτε θ(εός) τῶν ἄνω ΑΥ̣Τ ̣Κ̣Ε̣Υ Ι
- - - Ι̣Ν ὁς ἐβλογήσας τοὺς ε΄ ἄρτους ΤΑΣ ΟΥ
- - - - V VΑΣ κ(αὶ) ἐχορτάσθησαν πεντακησχι-
λὺ ἄρτρες ὁ τότε θ(εὸ)ς κάρτεος ΠΑΚ ̣Ι
γένου ἠς τὴν ΑΠΛΟΝ ΑΠΑ Κ(ύρι)ε 'Υ(σηο)ῦ Χ(ριστ)ὲ, θ(ε)οῦ
ἡμῶν ὁ παραγενάμενος ἐν Κανᾷ
τῆς Γαληλέας κ(αὶ) εὐλογήσας τὸ ὕ̣δ-
[ω]ρ κ(αὶ) παραγαγὼν αὐτῦς ὖνον
[γ]ενεσθε ὁ τότε θ(εό)ς, κάρτε θ(εό)ς,
παρατείνου ΗΤΣ ἄνπελο Τ ΚΟ ΠΕΝΔΥ
καρπὸν, Κ(ύρι)ε Ἠ(σο)ῦ ΠΟ, θ(ε)έ μ[ου]
ΩΡΕΘΗ οὐδὲ μήτε ζήλους, [μ]-
ήτε φθόνος, μήτε ΒΟΑ.
ΝΗΑ, μήτε ΚΑΟΥΜΟΣ,
[μ]ήτε σπάσμα, μήτε
- - - - - ΚΟ - - - - -
'[- - -] unto the ages [- - -] and the servant of the Lord, Epiphanios and Georgios. My God, avert evil [- - -] upon your (?) name. O Saint [- - -] may the King [- - - of Heavens - - -] of the Light [- - -] the mercy [- - -] glory [- - -] the great rock (?) [- - -] O Mighty God of the High [- - -] who blessed 5 loaves and fed (the faithful) with five thousand loaves, O Mighty God! [- - -] O Lord, Son (?) of our God, who were present in Kana of Galilee, and who blessed water, and who brought them wine, arrive (?) O God, O Mighty God, extend [- - -] (you blessing over?) vineyards [- - -] and crops, O Lord Jesus... my God [- - -] so that neither jealousy, nor envy, nor cry (?), nor sufferings (?), nor epilepsy (?), nor [- - -]'
Narrow left side:
[κ]ακὸς οφθαλμός, μήτε - - διαβολικῆς ἐν[έδρας]
'evil eye, nor [- - -] devilish temptation'
Side B:
- - - - - - - - ̣Π̣Ε - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - Η - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - ̣Μ - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - ̣Λ̣Ο - - -ἅγηε ΚΛΗΜΑ̣Ν VΝ
- - - - - - - - κ(αὶ) ἅγηε ΠΟΛΥΜΕ Πολυκάρπη̣ε
- - - - - - - - ἅγηε Τρύφον, ἅγηε Κυπρυαν[έ],
- - - - Ἀθανάση ὅση[ε], ΑΠΟΤΟΠΕΝΑΤΟΧ.
- - ̣ἅγηε Ἐπιφάν[ιε], - - - ΑΠΟΝΑ ΚΑΜΑΙ (?)
- - -[ἅγ]ηε Θεόδο<ρ>[ε] - - - ΜΗ ΙΣΡΕΦ (?) ἅγ-
[ηε] Γεόργηε, ἁγήασον εἰς ὄνομα σο-
[ν] ΑΥΤΕ ΤΟΙ Α - - - - [χ]άρισε τοῦ δού-
[λ]ου θ(εὸ)ς Ἐπυφανή[ου] κ(αὶ) Γεοργήου κὲ ΣΙ
.ΑΠΑΣΗΣ ΠΑΝΔΡΗΣ ΗΒΗΝ ΤΟ
[μ]νισθῇς ἄν ΣΚΟΝ (?) ΚΟΚΗ ΒΗΑ ΟΥ ΚΕ
- - - ΚΡΗΨΟΥ εἰς ἀνηπαυησε τῆς
[ψυχῆς] τοὺς ἰ[ς] ἐõνηα ζ[ω]ὴ κ(αὶ) ΟΠΟΣΑΣ Κ
- - - ̣π̣ο̣νηρὸν Η Φ ΣΜΑΚΤΟΣ ΚΙ
- - - - - ΕΚ ΠΟΝ+Α ΕΝΟΣ ΚΙ
- - - - - - ΟΝ κακὸν - - - ΚΛΑΜΑΝ
- - - - - - Π - - ΔΕΣ - - -
'[- - -] Saint Klemens (?), and Saint Polykarpios, [- - -] Saint Tryphon, Saint Kyprianos, [- - -] reverend (hosios) Athanasios, [- - -] Saint Epiphanios [- - -], Saint Theodore, [- - -] Saint George, sanctify Your Name [- - -] bless the servant of God, Epiphanios, and Georgios, and [- - -] may you remember [- - -] for the repose of the soul, life upon the ages and [- - -] evil [- - -] evil [- - -]'
Narrow side below:
- - - - - - - Σ ΓΟΣ Π(ατρὸ)ς (?)
ΟΝ κ(αὶ) Ἁγήου Πν(εύματο)ς ἀ[μήν]
'[- - -] of the Father (?) [- - -] and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.'
Text: Michaelidou-Nikolaou 2010, 630-632, no. 31, adapted.
- - - - - - - - - - - ΝΕΝ - - - - - - - - - ΟΑΝ̣Ο
[Ω?] ΛΟΙΛΕΝ - - - - - - - - - - - ἐπ' αἰῶ̣ν̣α
[- - - -]ΚΑΚΕ· τὸ τῆς ΦΥΛΥΣ κ(αὶ) τοῦ δούλ[ου]
Κυ[ρί]ου (?) Ἐπυφανίου κὲ Γε[ωργ]ήου
[κα]κήας ἀπόστρεψον σ[υ ὁ] θ(εό)ς μου
- - - - ΟΝ ἐπὴ ὀνοματ του· ΣΧ ἁγήε
- - - -ΘΗΝΑ με οὖν ὁ βαση[λ]εὺς τõν
ΣΚΚΑ. ΣΥΣ ΤΗΣ
ΟΥ ΟVV ΓΗ.Σ Γ.ΕΝ - - - -
[οὐρανῶν] Υ ΗΝΑΣ ΤΣ ΝΟΠΗΠ . ΘΝ+V+
- - - - τοῦ φοτὸς Ο.Ι τον τὸν ἤληον
- - - -ΗΡΑΣ δόξα Ο ... πέτραn μεγ-
αλη]ν γένου ἠς ΛΟΝ ΝΕΚΥΟ
- - - κάρτε θ(εός) τῶν ἄνω ΑΥ̣Τ ̣Κ̣Ε̣Υ Ι
- - - Ι̣Ν ὁς ἐβλογήσας τοὺς ε΄ ἄρτους ΤΑΣ ΟΥ
- - - - V VΑΣ κ(αὶ) ἐχορτάσθησαν πεντακησχι-
λὺ ἄρτρες ὁ τότε θ(εὸ)ς κάρτεος ΠΑΚ ̣Ι
γένου ἠς τὴν ΑΠΛΟΝ ΑΠΑ Κ(ύρι)ε 'Υ(σηο)ῦ Χ(ριστ)ὲ, θ(ε)οῦ
ἡμῶν ὁ παραγενάμενος ἐν Κανᾷ
τῆς Γαληλέας κ(αὶ) εὐλογήσας τὸ ὕ̣δ-
[ω]ρ κ(αὶ) παραγαγὼν αὐτῦς ὖνον
[γ]ενεσθε ὁ τότε θ(εό)ς, κάρτε θ(εό)ς,
παρατείνου ΗΤΣ ἄνπελο Τ ΚΟ ΠΕΝΔΥ
καρπὸν, Κ(ύρι)ε Ἠ(σο)ῦ ΠΟ, θ(ε)έ μ[ου]
ΩΡΕΘΗ οὐδὲ μήτε ζήλους, [μ]-
ήτε φθόνος, μήτε ΒΟΑ.
ΝΗΑ, μήτε ΚΑΟΥΜΟΣ,
[μ]ήτε σπάσμα, μήτε
- - - - - ΚΟ - - - - -
'[- - -] unto the ages [- - -] and the servant of the Lord, Epiphanios and Georgios. My God, avert evil [- - -] upon your (?) name. O Saint [- - -] may the King [- - - of Heavens - - -] of the Light [- - -] the mercy [- - -] glory [- - -] the great rock (?) [- - -] O Mighty God of the High [- - -] who blessed 5 loaves and fed (the faithful) with five thousand loaves, O Mighty God! [- - -] O Lord, Son (?) of our God, who were present in Kana of Galilee, and who blessed water, and who brought them wine, arrive (?) O God, O Mighty God, extend [- - -] (you blessing over?) vineyards [- - -] and crops, O Lord Jesus... my God [- - -] so that neither jealousy, nor envy, nor cry (?), nor sufferings (?), nor epilepsy (?), nor [- - -]'
Narrow left side:
[κ]ακὸς οφθαλμός, μήτε - - διαβολικῆς ἐν[έδρας]
'evil eye, nor [- - -] devilish temptation'
Side B:
- - - - - - - - ̣Π̣Ε - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - Η - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - ̣Μ - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - ̣Λ̣Ο - - -ἅγηε ΚΛΗΜΑ̣Ν VΝ
- - - - - - - - κ(αὶ) ἅγηε ΠΟΛΥΜΕ Πολυκάρπη̣ε
- - - - - - - - ἅγηε Τρύφον, ἅγηε Κυπρυαν[έ],
- - - - Ἀθανάση ὅση[ε], ΑΠΟΤΟΠΕΝΑΤΟΧ.
- - ̣ἅγηε Ἐπιφάν[ιε], - - - ΑΠΟΝΑ ΚΑΜΑΙ (?)
- - -[ἅγ]ηε Θεόδο<ρ>[ε] - - - ΜΗ ΙΣΡΕΦ (?) ἅγ-
[ηε] Γεόργηε, ἁγήασον εἰς ὄνομα σο-
[ν] ΑΥΤΕ ΤΟΙ Α - - - - [χ]άρισε τοῦ δού-
[λ]ου θ(εὸ)ς Ἐπυφανή[ου] κ(αὶ) Γεοργήου κὲ ΣΙ
.ΑΠΑΣΗΣ ΠΑΝΔΡΗΣ ΗΒΗΝ ΤΟ
[μ]νισθῇς ἄν ΣΚΟΝ (?) ΚΟΚΗ ΒΗΑ ΟΥ ΚΕ
- - - ΚΡΗΨΟΥ εἰς ἀνηπαυησε τῆς
[ψυχῆς] τοὺς ἰ[ς] ἐõνηα ζ[ω]ὴ κ(αὶ) ΟΠΟΣΑΣ Κ
- - - ̣π̣ο̣νηρὸν Η Φ ΣΜΑΚΤΟΣ ΚΙ
- - - - - ΕΚ ΠΟΝ+Α ΕΝΟΣ ΚΙ
- - - - - - ΟΝ κακὸν - - - ΚΛΑΜΑΝ
- - - - - - Π - - ΔΕΣ - - -
'[- - -] Saint Klemens (?), and Saint Polykarpios, [- - -] Saint Tryphon, Saint Kyprianos, [- - -] reverend (hosios) Athanasios, [- - -] Saint Epiphanios [- - -], Saint Theodore, [- - -] Saint George, sanctify Your Name [- - -] bless the servant of God, Epiphanios, and Georgios, and [- - -] may you remember [- - -] for the repose of the soul, life upon the ages and [- - -] evil [- - -] evil [- - -]'
Narrow side below:
- - - - - - - Σ ΓΟΣ Π(ατρὸ)ς (?)
ΟΝ κ(αὶ) Ἁγήου Πν(εύματο)ς ἀ[μήν]
'[- - -] of the Father (?) [- - -] and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.'
Text: Michaelidou-Nikolaou 2010, 630-632, no. 31, adapted.
History
Evidence ID
E04535Saint Name
Polycarp/Polykarpos, bishop and martyr of Smyrna, and his companion martyrs : S00004 Tryphōn, martyr of Phrygia : S00439 Kyprianos and Ioustina/Justina, martyrs of Antioch : S01704 Athanasios, bishop of Alexandria, ob. 373 : S00294 Epiphanios, biSaint Name in Source
Πολυκάρπηος Τρύφον Κυπρυανός Ἀθανάσηος Ἐπιφάνιος Θεόδο<ρ>ος Γεόργηος ΚΛΗΜΑΝ ΚΛΗΜΑΝRelated Saint Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Theodore_soldier_and_martyr_of_Amaseia_and_Euchaita/13730413
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/George_soldier_and_martyr_and_Companions/13729822
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Clemens_unspecified_/13734064
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Epiphanios_bishop_of_Salamis_ob_403/13729693
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Kyprianos_and_Ioustina_Justina_martyrs_of_Antioch/13733731
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Clement_of_Alexandria_ob_c_215/13737826
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Athanasios_bishop_of_Alexandria_ob_373/13729924
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Polykarpos_Polycarp_bishop_and_martyr_of_Smyrna_and_his_companion_martyrs/13729126
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Tryphon_martyr_of_Nikaia_Nicaea/13730326
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Graffiti Liturgical texts - Invocations, prayers and spells Literary - Magical texts and amulets Liturgical texts - AmuletsLanguage
- Greek