[B-Greek] Help with an Inscription

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Mar 13 06:48:00 EST 2010


On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:42 AM, Bill Yates wrote:
> Ynacy,
> 
> My apologies:  I've tried emailing two photos of the altar which bears the inscription but have clearly failed to succeed! (twice!  using two different email accounts).
> 
> The altar is in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.  It is on the site which tradition holds is Golgotha.  The altar is above a hole in the rock in which, allegedly, the Cross was placed when it was erected.    The shrine is looked after by the Greek Orthodox Church.

Most list-members are aware that our list will not transmit attachments to messages; if anyone wants to make something like this accessible to list-members, it's best either to note the URL of the site where it can be viewed, or post it on one's own site, or offer to send it to anyone who asks.

Carl W. Conrad
Co-Chair, B-Greek List


> On 12 Mar 2010, at 19:24, Yancy Smith wrote:
> 
>> You are quite right, I should have written
>> 
>> [Dedicated] to Theoretus on the occasion of shedding blood for the Lord
>> (Christ).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> BTW, I haven't been able to find the inscription. What is the link with the
>> photo?
>> 
>> Yancy Smith
>> --- On Fri, 3/12/10, yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net <yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> From: yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net <yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Help with an Inscription
>> To: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 12:32 PM
>> 
>> Looks like a dedication:
>> 
>> [Dedicated] to Theoretus who spilled [literally "emptied out] blook for
>> [the] Lord [Christ]
>> 
>> On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Bill Yates wrote:
>> 
>>> First, my apologies if the question is inappropriate for this forum.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I should be very grateful for help with an inscription.    I'm  not sure
>> if this is NT Greek but is found inside the Holy Sepulchre Church in
>> Jerusalem on the altar at the site of Golgotha:
>>> 
>>> QEORRYTW aIMATI KENWTHENTI DESPOTH (XRIS???)   The final word is partially
>> obscured in the photograph.
>>> 
>>> The lower case 'a' in the second letter is because the letter in the
>> inscription is one I don't recognize: it is like a reverse, lower case 'h'
>> with a sloping line running from the vertical stroke across to the smaller
>> leg at the bottom of the letter.   Another way to describe it would be a
>> reverse lower case 'k' in cursive writing.
>>> 
>>> Many thanks for any help you may be able to give.






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