Inscription number:
8
Selected bibliography:
113, no. 25 (ed. pr.) | |
36, no. 25 |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 28 (1978): 1378; 31 (1981): 1400
Inscription type:
invocation/prayer
Location:
On a paving stone, in front of the steps leading up to the bema. Found in situ.
Physical description :
A paving stone, divided into two halves, 43x14 and 32x15 cm, on both sides of the steps, as if to prevent treading on the sacred name. (Negev)
Text:
☩ Μαρία
Translation:
Mary.
Summary:
Invocation of Mary, on a paving stone in front of the bema.
Three other paving stones were found, Negev nos. 21-22 and 30, with undecipherable fragments of inscriptions.