386-387, fig. 3 (dr.) (ed. pr.) | |
159-160, fig. 9 (dr.) (in Hebrew) |
SEG 34 (1984): 1503; 35 (1985): 1557; 53 (2003): 1868
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 2804 (dr.)
One of the caves of the eastern complex of el-ʿAleiliyat identified as the oratory of the laura.
On the eastern wall of this cave there is a cross with a Greek inscription (a), and a second Greek inscription was found on the western wall (b). Next to the oratory are two niches, at the right-hand side of the entrance to the larger of which is another cross with a Greek inscription (c). There are other painted crosses, too; all the crosses in this cave belong to two types: one type has gabled arms, the other plain ones. The gabled crosses are older.
(a) Ἰ(ησου)ς Χ(ριστό)ς, νίκα
(b) Ἰ(ησου)ς Χ(ριστό)ς
(c) Ἰ(ησου)ς Χ(ριστό)ς [βα]σιλεύη
(a) Jesus Christ, be victorious!
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Jesus Christ reigns.
Crosses with Greek Christian acclamations, painted on the eastern wall of one of the caves of the complex.