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.
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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 ✝ |