Church/Monastery name:
Ein Abu Mahmud - Hermitages
Inscription number:
1
Selected bibliography:
284-285 (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
154, no. 23 |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 43 (1993): 1049.2
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3125 (phs.)
Inscription type:
grafitto
invocation/prayer
Location:
Carved in the eastern wall of Cave 3, Room 2.
Pres. loc.: In situ.
Physical description :
Carved in the wall of the cave. The rock had to be smoothed down in order to write the inscription and draw the three crosses to its right; a vertical line drawn to the left of the inscription serves as border. The edges of the letters were “marked by a tiny drill, made by means of a pontile” (Patrich – Arubas – Agur).
Text:
Θ(εό)ς, βο-
ήθι, ἱλάσθη-
τι· ἀμήν.
Translation:
God, help; have mercy. Amen. (CIIP)
Summary:
Grafitto with an invocation of God, carved in the eastern wall of Cave 3.