Church/Monastery name:
Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS
Inscription number:
24
Selected bibliography:
276, 81*, no. 6, fig. 4 (dr.) (ed. pr.) (in Hebrew) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 37 (1987): 1506
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3177 (dr.)
Inscription type:
grafitto
invocation/prayer
Location:
On a natural rock wall at the eastern end of the mosaic pavement, above Inscription no. 23.
Physical description :
Letters 4-4.5 cm. high, carefully made with a sharp chisel on both sides of an aleardy existing cross, 6.5 cm high, made with a sharp utensil. The first two characters (a cross and a K) are worn out and their restoration tentative.
Text:
☩ Κ(ύριε), βοή†θι
Translation:
O Lord, help!
Summary:
Invocation of the Lord – grafitto on a rock wall in the cistern near the monastery.