lower church, west end of main nave (room 18), south wall, centre; between legs of horse from painting of St Mercurius killing Julian the Apostate (S18/S/1)
Excavation no.
Present location
Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
liturgical: hymn
Language
Greek
Content
two hymns connected with Great Lent
Date
900–1099
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
H: 15; W: 51
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
31
Height of letters
0.4–1.2
Description
inscription written with black ink between legs of the horse of St Mercurius, consisting of two texts separated by horizontal line under l. 10; upper part longer (50 cm), upper part shorter (30 cm); upper text partly overlapping with painting
Decorative elements
State of preservation
upper part incomplete, damaged by termites; lower part almost complete
Łajtar 2005, p. 313; Łajtar 2008b, p. 401; Żurawski 2012, p. 228, fig. 59, p. 310, fig. 3; Łajtar 2014a, p. 406; CIEN 8, no. 122; Łajtar 2022, fig. on p. 441