Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS

Church/Monastery name: 
Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS
Inscription number: 
22
Selected bibliography: 
275, 81*, no. 4, fig. 4 (dr.) (ed. pr.) (in Hebrew)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3175 (dr.)

Inscription type: 
invocation/prayer
Location: 

On a natural rock wall at the eastern end of the mosaic pavement, above and parallel to Inscription no. 20.

Physical description : 

The inscription is worn, and therefore the restoration is based on inscriptions 1-2. There is a place for only two letters after the first surviving letter.

Text: 



δο]ύ[λῳ or λῃ] σοῦ Ζ[- - -

Translation: 

(O Lord, help) thy servant Ζ...

Summary: 

Invocation on behalf of Z... – grafitto on a rock wall in the cistern near the monastery.

Contents
Titles/epithets of patrons/dedicators: 
servant of God
Epigraphical formulae: 
Lord/Christ, help...