Church/Monastery name:
Deir el-Muqalik - THEOCTISTUS
Inscription number:
16
Selected bibliography:
290, no. 15 (dr.) (ed. pr.) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 45 (1995): 1972
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3157 (dr.)
Inscription type:
grafitto
invocation/prayer
Location:
Painted on the roof of the cave-church.
Physical description :
Yellow painting on a white plaster; written by the same hand as inscription 15, but with a more deformed lettering.
Text:
[Κύρι]ε (vel sim.) βοήθι
Ἰοάνου Ω
[Ἀ]ναστασι[--]
[--]ΑΝΜΣΑΦ[--]
[--]ΑΝ[--]
Translation:
Lord help John… Anastasius …
Apparatus:
L.3 [Ἀ]ναστάσι[ον]: "We prefer the masculine form of the name, considering the strictly monastic character of the cave. A number of women’s names were incised on a rock face just outside the monastery" (Goldfus–Arubas–Alliata).
Summary:
Invocation on behalf of John, written in yellow paint on the roof of the cave-church.