Ascalon (Tel) - South Church

Church/Monastery name: 
Ascalon (Tel) - South Church
Inscription number: 
1
Inscription type: 
grafitto
Location: 

Among the debris of the southern church (Ovadiah, no. 9; Bagatti, p. 233, fig. 3, no. 8).

Physical description : 

Garstang's 1921 excavation statement includes a report of "a few small fragments of inscriptions, Greek and Cufic" (p. 13), presumably graffiti, among the debris of the church. This report has been quotated by Ovadiah and Bagatti, without further information. Neither text nor translation is available.

See Bagatti for a descrption of the church based on the testimony of earlier travellers.

Text: 

(no published text)

Translation: 

(no published translation)

Date: 
7th-8th cent.
Summary: 

Unpublished fragments of Greek and Cufic inscriptions.