IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

M.246. Christian invocation

Description: Rough block of local stone
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Crudely carved; cursive alpha, angular omega

Date: Fifth - sixth century CE

Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: East of Cyrene: Buma el Garbiah, in ruins of a church.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

i
Ἄ(λφα) ((crux)) Ὠ(μέγα) ((crux))

Diplomatic

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Α Ω

English translation

Translation source: Reynolds-Ward-Perkins-Goodchild, 2003

Alpha (scil. and) Omega

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography: Mohamed-Reynolds, 2000, 7, p.1495; Reynolds-Ward-Perkins-Goodchild, 2003, 390, fig.330
Text constituted from: Transcription from squeeze (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).