Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS

Church/Monastery name: 
Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS
Inscription number: 
24
Selected bibliography: 
276, 81*, no. 6, fig. 4 (dr.) (ed. pr.) (in Hebrew)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
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), βοήθι

Translation: 

O Lord, help!

Summary: 

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

Contents
Epigraphical formulae: 
Lord/Christ, help...