I Say Hell No!

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I Say Hell No!

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About the Akeptous Inscription, 3rd-4th century CE
https://cojs.org/akeptous_inscription-_ ... entury_ce/

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The god-loving [A]Keptous has offered the table to God Jesus Christ [IY(?) X*(?)] as a memorial

* or perhaps a variant of or on Ψ [ not the Greek psi: a then version of Ω ]

eta: better images:
https://fe-biblica.blogspot.com/2022/11 ... ue-el.html
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MrMacSon wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:25 pm About the Akeptous Inscription, 3rd-4th century CE
https://cojs.org/akeptous_inscription-_ ... entury_ce/

The inscription at the top of the northern panel is dedicated to Gaianus, the centurion who paid for the floor to be paved with mosaics. It reads,
  • “Gaianus, also called Porphyrius, centurion, our brother, has made the pavement at his own expense as an act of liberality. Brutius has carried out the work.”

This has caused at least one scholar to refer to this site as "The Chapel of the Centurion".

Note that "centurion" is abbreviated as Chi Rho. This represents an abbreviation for the Greek word ἑκατόνταρχος ‎(hekatóntarkhos‎) or centurion.
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MrMacSon wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:25 pm About the Akeptous Inscription, 3rd-4th century CE
https://cojs.org/akeptous_inscription-_ ... entury_ce/
The other inscription in that article, at the top of the article:

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reads:
In Memorial of
Primilles and Kyri-
akes and Dorotheas
moreover and Chreste
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