Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Caes 0424

Caesarea, 6th century CE. Plaster. Honorific.

Likely part of a cross.

The two fragments almost certainly belonged to the same cross.

Fragment 2a contains two letters in the obverse, and Fragment 2b contains one letter.

Letters were painted in red, and both letters were written with seriphs and curls for decoration.

 Remains of the left arm of a crux gemmata. Beneath inscription on Fragment 2a, obverse. Remains of the left arm and central stem of a crux gemmata. Above inscription on Fragment 2b, obverse. 6th century CE Coastal Plain Caesarea KK22, Locus 625, Basket 0170.

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Α

Ἰησοῦς Χριστός ΑΩ

Jesus Christ, alpha and omega

Formulaic inscription.

Ἰησοῦς Χριστός ΑΩ

2a-b