Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS

Church/Monastery name: 
Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS
Inscription number: 
23
Selected bibliography: 
275-276, 81*, no. 5, fig. 4 (dr.) (ed. pr.) (in Hebrew)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
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...

Commentary: 

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...

Summary: 

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

Contents
Epithets of saints: 
hagios/hagia