Church/Monastery name:
Khan el-Ahmar - EUTHYMIUS
Inscription number:
2
Selected bibliography:
426, 483, figs. 95-95a (ph., dr.) (ed. pr.) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 40 (1990): 1485
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3129 (ph., dr.)
Inscription type:
acclamation
grafitto
Location:
Findspot: “Found during the 1928-30 excavations” (Meimaris, 483).
Pres. loc.: Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem (Kamat Archive).
Physical description :
“A soft stone with a raised area, perhaps used for a painting of Christ, and an engraved tree, the branches of which form a cross. The nomina sacra … are distinct on both the icon and the cross” (Meimaris).
Text:
(a) Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς
(b) Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστὸ)ς | νικᾷ
Translation:
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Jesus Christ wins.
Summary:
Two grafitti with Christian acclamations engraved on a soft stone.
Epigraphical Abbreviations:
horizontal stroke over nomina sacra