Nessana - Northern slope monastery

Church/Monastery name: 
Nessana - Northern slope monastery
Inscription number: 
2
Selected bibliography: 
Figueras, P., 2004
225*, no. 2, fig. 2 (ph.) (ed. pr.)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

SEG 54 (2004): 1646

Inscription type: 
acclamation
Location: 

Engraved on a stone lintel, "employed in a secondary use as part of a short wall in the little monastery." (Figueras)

Physical description : 

Part of the relief decorations on a stone lintel. The letters are symmetrically carved on the corners between the four arms of a central cross flanked by two rosettes. (Figueras)

Text: 

Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς 

ἄ(λφα) ὠ(μέγα)

Translation: 

Jesus Christ. Alpha (and) Omega.

Summary: 

Christian acclamation on a stone lintel, found in secondary use in a wall of the monastery.

Epigraphical Abbreviations: 
horizontal stroke over nomina sacra