Reference for Avodah Zarah 36:2

לסוף אשתמע מילתא בי מלכא אתיוה אסקוה לזקיפה אמר אלהא דמאיר ענני אחתוה אמרו ליה מאי האי אמר להו הכי הוה מעשה

At the end, the matter became known to the government. And they brought [the jailer] to hang him up on the gallows. He exclaimed, “O God of Meir answer me.” They took him down and asked him what that meant, and he told them the incident that had happened.

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