Christian acclamation
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Fifth to sixth centuries CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

[...] no.3.3, pp. 41-46 and pl. XXIIIc; [...] 20.705.a, [...] 324470; [...], 416.3.

ΧΜΓ

Apparatus

[^a1: at 1: Χ(ρίστον) Μ(αρία) Γ(έννᾳ) | Χ(ρίστος ἐκ) Μ(αρίας) Γ(εννηθείς) | Χ(ρίστος) Μ(αρίας) Γ(όνος]

Translations

Mary bore Christ [or] Christ born of Mary [or] Christ, the Son of Mary.

Commentary

For discussion of the acronym ΧΜΓ see C. Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity (2004), Section 8.20