Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS

Church/Monastery name: 
Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS
Inscription number: 
3
Selected bibliography: 
285, no. 3, 283 (dr.) (ed. pr.)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

SEG 45 (1995): 1960

CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3156, fig. 3153.2 (dr.)

Inscription type: 
grafitto
Location: 

Incised immediately above Inscription no. 1.

Physical description : 

Letters incised in the plaster with a fine point.

Meas.: letters 0.5-1 cm.

Text: 

[Κύριε, μνήσθ]ητη τǫ̃ δ[ούλǫ] σου [Ἰ]ωάνου.

Translation: 

Lord, remember your servant John.

Apparatus: 

[μνήσθ]ητ<ι> το<ῦ> δ[ούλου] σου ed. pr.

Summary: 

Graffito for the memory of John, incised above the entrance to the burial complex of the monastery.

Contents
Titles/epithets of patrons/dedicators: 
servant of God
Personal names: 
Ioannes
Epigraphical formulae: 
Lord/Christ, remember...