Church/Monastery name:
Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS
Inscription number:
14
Selected bibliography:
151 (ed. pr.) |
Epigraphical corpora:
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3163
Inscription type:
dipinto
Location:
“Low down on the south-east wall of the window-chamber, near the back of the apse” (Chitty).
Physical description :
Chitty reports "a small cross, in red, with spear and reed, and the letters IC XC above the arms, low down on the south.east wall of the window-chamber, near the back of the apse. Underneath it are fragments of an inscription in black Greek uncials, including the word KHPYKEC. Hereabouts we also found on the floor a fragment of dark-painted."
Text:
Ἰ[ησοῦ]ς Χ(ριστό)ς
[--] κήρυκες [--]
Translation:
Jesus Christ. … heralds …
Summary:
Christogram and remians of painted inscription, near the back of the apsis of the cave-church.