Church/Monastery name:
Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS
Inscription number:
23
Selected bibliography:
275-276, 81*, no. 5, fig. 4 (dr.) (ed. pr.) (in Hebrew) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 37 (1987): 1505
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3176 (dr.)
Inscription type:
grafitto
invocation/prayer
Location:
On a natural rock wall at the eastern end of the mosaic pavement, above Inscription no. 21.
Physical description :
Unlike the other inscriptions on this wall, this inscription was made with a nail or a fibula. Letters are 1.5 cm high, and though they are not deep, they are all clear.
Text:
Ἅγιος
βοήθ(ε)ι
Ζα[- -
Translation:
Holy (man), help Za...
Summary:
Invocation of a saint on behalf of Za... – grafitto on a rock wall in the cistern near the monastery.
Since this and Inscription no. 22 are made in a different technique, it seems unlikely that they were made by the same person whose name starts with Za...