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E05037: Greek inscription invoking the Archangel *Michael (S00181) to protect a city. Found at Afyonkarahisar near ancient Akroinos and Prymnessos (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). No certain dating: possibly late antique or middle Byzantine.
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posted on 2018-02-09, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiἅγιος ὦ θεός, ἅγιος [ὦ θεός, ἅγιος ὦ θεός]
+ ἀρχάνγελε Μιχαήλ, ἐλέησον τὴν πόλι<ν> σου κ[α]ὶ ῥύση αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηρ(οῦ) +
1. ἅγιος ὦ θεός, ἅγιος [ὦ θεός, ἅγιος ὦ θεός] Ramsay, but possibly ἅγιος ὡ θεός, ἅγιος [ἰσχυρός, ἅγιος ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς]
'Holy God, Holy [God, Holy God!] + O Archangel Michael, have mercy upon your city, and deliver her from evil!'
Text: Felle 2006, no. 495.
+ ἀρχάνγελε Μιχαήλ, ἐλέησον τὴν πόλι<ν> σου κ[α]ὶ ῥύση αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηρ(οῦ) +
1. ἅγιος ὦ θεός, ἅγιος [ὦ θεός, ἅγιος ὦ θεός] Ramsay, but possibly ἅγιος ὡ θεός, ἅγιος [ἰσχυρός, ἅγιος ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς]
'Holy God, Holy [God, Holy God!] + O Archangel Michael, have mercy upon your city, and deliver her from evil!'
Text: Felle 2006, no. 495.
History
Evidence ID
E05037Saint Name
Michael, the Archangel : S00181Saint Name in Source
ΜιχαήλRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.) Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elementsLanguage
- Greek