Church/Monastery name:
Khirbet Siyar el-Ghanam; Khirbet es-Siyar el-Ghanam (Roman Catholic) - SHEPHERDS' FIELD
Inscription number:
2
Selected bibliography:
78-79, pl. 28 ph. 79.1, fig. 27.b (ph., dr.) (ed. pr.) |
Inscription type:
invocation/prayer
Location:
On two different ceramic fragments found in the excavations of Room 55 outside the northern wall of the monastery (a), and in Cave 69 (b).
Physical description :
Two unrelated pieces of ceramic incised (a) or painted in red (b) with fragmentary inscriptions. According to Corbo, (a) probably belonged to a grey decorative plate, while (b) probably belonged to an amphora.
Text:
(a) [ - - ] δώ(ῃ)ς χάρ(ιν) ἡ(μῖν) [ - - ]
(b) Λεον-
τίου
Translation:
(a) ... grant us grace ...
(b) of Leontius
Summary:
Two fragmentary inscriptions on two pieces of ceramic, found in Room 55 outside the northern wall and in Cave 69.
Corbo suggests that (a) may be reminiscent of the Divine Liturgy.