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ELME0002

Khirbet el-Merd, Fifth to sixth century CE. Slab. Graffiti.


Transcription [no transcription]
Translation "Remember, O Lord, thy servant, the monk Andrew (from the Monastery?)."
Diplomatic ΜΝΗϹΘΗΤΗ ΚΥΡΙΕ ΤΟΥΛΟΝ ϹΟΥ ΜΟΝΑΧΟΥΑ Ν ΡΑΩ ΤΗϹ ΜΟΝΗϹ

Transcription

[no transcription]

Translation

"Remember, O Lord, thy servant, the monk Andrew (from the Monastery?)."

Diplomatic

ΜΝΗϹΘΗΤΗ ΚΥΡΙΕ ΤΟΥΛΟΝ ϹΟΥ ΜΟΝΑΧΟΥΑ Ν ΡΑΩ ΤΗϹ ΜΟΝΗϹ

Terminus post quem:: 400 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 599 CE

Notes

The stone-graffito was found in the tomb-cave of the Kastellion Monastery which was founded on Khirbet el-Merd in 492 by St. Sabbas. The author indicates that the inscription includes numerous errors. He also notes that the first line of the graffito is a formula which appears in the Didache 10,5 as well as commonly in other Greek inscriptions and liturgies. The restoration of the last word of the inscription as the ligature "ΜΝΗ" is unclear.

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Dimensions

H: 26 cm; W: 35 cm; D: —

Date

400 CE to 599 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

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Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

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Other sources

Mader, A.E. “Conical Sundial and Ikon Inscription from the Kastellion Monastery on Khirbet El-Merd in the Wilderness of Judah.” Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society 9, no. 3–4 (1929): 112–34.

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