Church/Monastery name:
ʻAbud - St. Theodore; Mar Todros; Mar Thodrous
Inscription number:
1
Selected bibliography:
210-211 (ed. pr.) | |
186-187, fig. 2 (ph.) | |
143, pl. 45.2 (ph.) | |
105, no. 51 (ph.) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 57 (2007): 1817
Inscription type:
boundary
Location:
Inscribed on a broken lintel, found in 1893 reused in a house with the inscription upside down.
Pres. location: Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, no. 6288.
Physical description :
Inscribed limestone lintel, 128x33x19 cm, damaged on the right side and lower edge. Below the inscription there are two doves facing a cross.
Text:
Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου Θ[εοδώρου].
Translation:
Martyrium of Saint Theodore.
Summary:
Broken limestone lintel of the martyrium of Saint Th[eodore], found outside the church in secondary use.
Bagatti (2002) thinks that although "the name is mutilated by a break in the stone [...], it is certain because it remained in use right up to our day".