Church/Monastery name:
Masada - MARDA
Inscription number:
1
Selected bibliography:
137 (ed. pr.) | |
421 |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 8 (1937): 333
CIIP IV.2 (2018): 3905
Inscription type:
commemorative
dipinto
Location:
In Cell 9, on the back wall of the outer chamber, right of the door, an inscription in red paint, with crosses. A rude sketch of a pomegranate or some such flower flanks the inscription on the left.
Text:
☩ ΚΥΡΙΩΚΟΣ ☩
Apparatus:
Omega is written instead of A.
Summary:
The name “Cyriacus” flanked by two crosses in a monastic cell.
CIIP after Condor translates “Of the Lord”, but as the dipinto is found in an hermit cave, rather than a cistern, it seems more likely to be the personal name “Cyriacus”.