Hyrcania; Kh. Mird; el Mird - CASTELLION

Church/Monastery name: 
Hyrcania; Kh. Mird; el Mird - CASTELLION
Inscription number: 
3
Selected bibliography: 
127-128, pl. I.2 (ph.) (ed. pr.)
76-82, no. 70 (in Hebrew)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3212 (ph.)

Inscription type: 
commemorative
Location: 

In the oval burial cave southwest of the summit with the painted frescos (see Inscription no. 2).

Physical description : 

Stone, “cut off at the top, the bottom and on the right side” (Mader). Chiseled surface; the text looks almost like a graffito.

Meas.: h 26, w 35 cm.

Text: 

Μνήσθητη, Κύ(ρι)ε,

τ⟨ο͂ν δ⟩ούλον  σου ΜΝΧΑ

+ΑΡΑΩΤΗΣ ☩

Translation: 

Remember, Lord, your servants …

Apparatus: 

L.2: ΤΟΥΛΟΝΣΟΥ = τ⟨ὸν δ⟩οῦλον Mader, τ⟨ο͂ν δ⟩ούλον CIIP;  ΜΝΧ = μοναχοῦ Mader;   ll.2-3: Ἀ|ν̣δράῳ Mader;   l.3: “The ligature at the end of the third line is very doubtful; it is possible that by the three vertical and two horizontal strokes the letters ΜΝΗ of the word ΜΟΝΗΣ are intended” Mader, ☩ CIIP.

Mader therefore tentatively translated: "Remember, O Lord, thy servant, the monk Andrew (from the Monastery?)."

Summary: 

Invocation of the Lord on behalf of Andrew (?) the monk (?), chiseled on a stone found at the same burial cave.

Contents
Definitions of building/part of building: 
moné/monasterion
Monastical titles: 
monachos/monazon
Titles/epithets of patrons/dedicators: 
servant of God
Personal names: 
Andreas(?)
Epigraphical formulae: 
Lord/Christ, remember...
Epigraphical Abbreviations: 
ΜΝΕ in ligature, ΥΕ in ligature for Κύ(ρι)ε