‘Atiqot 101 (2020)
ISBN 978-965-406-719-5
A Greek Inscription from the Church at Ḥorbat Ḥadat
(pp. 121–126)
Leah Di Segni
Keywords: Modi‘in, Judean Shephelah, Lod Valley, art, Christianity, epigraphy, Christogram, nomen sacrum, ktistes, drinking deer, Eucharistic
A three-line Greek inscription was uncovered in the church at Ḥorbat Ḥadat, set within the mosaic pavement of the nave, at the foot of the bema. The inscription includes a unique quotation from Psalms and an invocation to Christ. The inscription is dated to the fifth century CE, most likely in its second half, based on the shape of the letters.