Maresha - Church

Church/Monastery name: 

Maresha - Church

Inscription number: 

2

Selected bibliography: 

Kloner, A. and Graicer, N., 2014

46 (in Hebrew) (ed. pr.)

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Epigraphical corpora: 

CIIP IV.2 (2018): 3509

SEG 64 (2014): 1795

Inscription type: 

quotation

Location: 

Findspot: Among the debris covering the floor of the nave of the church.

Physical description : 

Limestone fragment with incised cross and text at its four corners.

Text: 

Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς | Χ(ριστὸ)ς | Α | Ω

Translation: 

Jesus Christ, the beginning and the end.

Summary: 

Christian acclamation on a limestone fragment, found among the debris in the nave.

Citations from LXX / NT: 

Apoc. 1,8; 21,6; 22,13