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E04160: Greek painted inscriptions (dipinti) from a hermit cell in the Ein Avdat ravine near Avdat/Oboda in the central Negev desert (Roman province of Palaestina III), one of which invokes the help of *Theodore (probably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480). Probably 6th-7th c.
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posted on 2017-10-16, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiGraffito 1:
+ ἅγ(ιε)
+ Χ(ριστ)έ, β̣οήθη
+ καὶ ̣Κ̣Λ[- - -]
2. βοήθη(σον) SEG 41, 1542 || 3. Κ̣Α[- - -] SEG 41, 1542
'O Holy Christ, help and [- - -]!'
Graffito 2:
+ ἅγ(ιε) Θεώδορε, βο(ήθει)
βο(ήθησον) SEG 41, 1542
'O Saint Theodore, help! Saint (?).'
Graffito 3:
Κύρ(ιε), βοήθησον
τὸν δοῦλόν σου
Ζαχαρίας
'O Lord, help your servant Zacharias!'
Text: SEG 45, 1974.
+ ἅγ(ιε)
+ Χ(ριστ)έ, β̣οήθη
+ καὶ ̣Κ̣Λ[- - -]
2. βοήθη(σον) SEG 41, 1542 || 3. Κ̣Α[- - -] SEG 41, 1542
'O Holy Christ, help and [- - -]!'
Graffito 2:
+ ἅγ(ιε) Θεώδορε, βο(ήθει)
βο(ήθησον) SEG 41, 1542
'O Saint Theodore, help! Saint (?).'
Graffito 3:
Κύρ(ιε), βοήθησον
τὸν δοῦλόν σου
Ζαχαρίας
'O Lord, help your servant Zacharias!'
Text: SEG 45, 1974.
History
Evidence ID
E04160Saint Name
Theodore, soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita : S00480Saint Name in Source
ΘεώδοροςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - GraffitiLanguage
- Greek