Church/Monastery name:
Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS
Inscription number:
4
Selected bibliography:
285-286, no. 4, ph. 22 (ph., dr.) (ed. pr.) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 45 (1995): 1961
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3159 (dr.)
Inscription type:
grafitto
invocation/prayer
Location:
Incised on the wall entrance to the burial complex, to the left of Inscription no. 1.
Physical description :
Grafitto incised in the blackened plaster with a fine point. Cursive and literary forms of letters are intermixed.
Meas.: letters 1-2.5 cm.
Text:
☩ Ὑπὲρ σο[τη]-
ρίας Θ[ω]μᾶ
δηακόνου. κα[ὶ]
4 σῶσον αὐτὸν κὲ
πάντα τ(ὸν) τόπο(ν) ἐπι-
καλούμενον “τὸ ἅ-
γιον α[ὐ]τοῦ.”
8 Α Α ἀμή(ν). ☩
Translation:
For the salvation of Thomas, the deacon. And save him and this whole place, called “his sanctuary.” Amen. (CIIP)
Summary:
Dedicatory grafitto of Thomas the deacon, incised on the wall near the entrance to the burial complex.