Images

No images available

Location

CAES0425

Caesarea, 6th century CE. Other object. Prayer.

Transcription

Ἰησοῦς Χριστός Α Ω ΛΩΝΚΑΥΧΗΜ

Translation

Jesus Christ, the alpha and the omega

Diplomatic

ΙϹ ΧϹ Α Ω ΛΩΝΚΑΥΧΗΜ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The first part of the inscription is formulaic. The final line may contain the end of a plural possessive Greek word, and the "kauma" may mean "pride," or "boast."

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 100 cm; W: —; D: —

Date

500 CE to 599 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Remains of the vertical stem of a cross made of gems. obverse, center of four of the five fragments.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Di Segni, Leah. “A Chapel of St. Paul at Caesarea Maritima? The Inscriptions.” Liber Annuus 50 (2000): 383–400.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Di Segni, Leah. “A Chapel of St. Paul at Caesarea Maritima? The Inscriptions.” Liber Annuus 50 (2000): 383–400.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Di Segni, Leah. “A Chapel of St. Paul at Caesarea Maritima? The Inscriptions.” Liber Annuus 50 (2000): 383–400.
    Zotero
View XML

Cite This Inscription

IIP is committed to the idea that the public good is best served by keeping our data free for use and reuse. You can cite and use this inscription under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Note also that all images are either in the public domain or used with permission, and unless noted we do not hold copyright to them. For permission to reuse the images, please contact the copyright holder, noted in the illustration credit.

The project can be cited as:

Satlow, Michael L., ed. 2002 - . “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine.” Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/PZ1D-ST89

This inscription can be cited as:

"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," CAES0425, 18 November 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89