Invocation of St. Sergius for Longinus and Maria.  Rock-cut church of St. Sergius. Inscription painted in red in a tabula ansata on a wall of the nave; cryptographic script.
[ ] Capp. — Matiane (Göreme) — Mesevli — 6th c. AD — T&MByz 15 (2005) 82, 3
encoded text.1 ✝ ΘΖϘΕΩΕϠΖϘ
ΗΛΒΑΒΩΛΝΨΛ
ΝϛΛΧΟΛΝΩΛΧ
ΟΛΝΖϘΝΛΝΠΘϘ
5 ΨΒΝϛΛΧΟΕΝ
ΩΛΧΞΘΡϘΘΝ {²⁶ΞΘϠϘΘΝ}²⁶
ΠΘϘΨΟΝΚΘ̣Ρ̣Θ̣Ξ̣ΕΝ․․ {²⁶ΚΘ̣Ϡ̣Θ̣Ξ̣ΕΝ?}²⁶
․Λ̣Ω̣․․․Ο․․Ν̣ ✝
normalized text.1 ✝ Ἅγιε Σέργι,
βοήθησον τὸ-
ν δοῦλόν σου
Λονγῖνον καὶ
5 τὴν δοῦλέν
σου Μαρίαν
καὶ τὸν πα̣ρ̣α̣μεν․․
․ο̣ϲ̣․․․λ̣․․ν̣ ✝
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