Khan el-Ahmar - EUTHYMIUS

Church/Monastery name: 
Khan el-Ahmar - EUTHYMIUS
Inscription number: 
2
Selected bibliography: 
426, 483, figs. 95-95a (ph., dr.) (ed. pr.)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
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