Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
About Stories Resources Contact

Images

No images available

Location

TYRE0001

Tyre, Late Roman/Early Byzantine. Amulet. Apotropaic.
Transcription

Ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ πνεύματος ἁγίου, ραβα σκανομκα λουλα αμρικτο ραθην αθαβαθα ρουρακ, ἐπεύχομέ σοι, τὸ μέγα ὄνομα Ἰάω, ἀπόστρεψον τὴν ἐπισφερομένην ὀ φθαλμίαν καὶ μηκέτι ἐάσῃς ὀφθαλμίας τιω᾽ἐνβολὴν γένεσθαι.

Translation

In the name of God and Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, Raba Skanomka loula amriktorathena thabytharorak, I pray to you, O great name of Iao: turn aside the afflicting ophthalmia and no longer permit any onset of ophthalmia to occur.

Diplomatic

ΕΝΤΩΟΝΟΜΑΤΙ ΤΟΥΘΥΚΑΙΙΗΥΧΥ ΚΑΙΠΝCΑΓΙΟΥ ΡΑΒΑCΚΑΝΟΜΚΑ ΛΟΥΛΑΑΜΡΙΚΤΟ ΡΑΘΗΝΑΘΑΒΑΘΑ ΡΟΥΡΑΚΕΠΕΥΖΙΜΕ ΩΙΤΟΜΞΓΑΟΝΟΜΑ ΙΑΩΑΠΟCΤΡΕΨΟΝΤΗ ΝΕΠΙΦΕΙΟΜΕΝΗΝΟ ΦΘΑΛΜΙΞΝΚΑΙΜΗ ΤΙΕΑCΗCΟΦΘΑΛΜ ΝΕΝΡC

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

132 CE to 638 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. Abhandlungen der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. Abhandlungen der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. Abhandlungen der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994.
    Zotero
View XML

Cite This Inscription

IIP is committed to the idea that the public good is best served by keeping our data free for use and reuse. You can cite and use this inscription under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Note also that all images are either in the public domain or used with permission, and unless noted we do not hold copyright to them. For permission to reuse the images, please contact the copyright holder, noted in the illustration credit.

The project can be cited as:

Satlow, Michael L., ed. 2002 - . “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine.” Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/PZ1D-ST89

This inscription can be cited as:

"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," TYRE0001, 6 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89