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Early Christian inscriptions are the epigraphical remains of early Christianity. They are a valuable source of information in addition to the writings of the Church Fathers regarding the development of Christian thought and life in the first six centuries of the religion's existence. [ 2 ]
Most other known early Christian amulets feature writing in Greek or Hebrew, but not Latin. Its sophisticated style indicates that the writer was an elaborate scribe. [9] According to the archaeologist Markus Scholz , what is unique about this inscription is that it exclusively features Christian content rather than polytheistic elements.
The early Christian inscription was written in Latin, which was unusual at the time. "Sometimes it took weeks, even months, for me to have the next idea," Goethe University professor Markus Scholz ...
Early Paleo-Hebrew writing – contenders for the earliest Hebrew inscriptions include the Gezer calendar, Biblical period ostraca at Elah and Izbet Sartah, [40] and the Zayit Stone Yeho'ezer ben Hosh'ayahu seal – 2,700 year old seal discovered in 2024 in Jerusalem .
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The middle part of the inscription describes Abercius' journeys to Rome, Syria and Mesopotamia. The metaphors included in this sentences are not yet fully understood. Whether the "queen golden-robed and golden-sandalled" is a member of the Roman imperial family, refers to the city of Rome itself as the "queen of the world" or is to be ...
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The Yazīd inscription is an early Christian Paleo-Arabic rock carving from the region of as-Samrūnīyyāt, 12 km southeast of Qasr Burqu' in the northeastern Jordan. It was discovered by Jordanian epigraphists during the first season of the El-Khḍerī archaeological and epigraphic survey project and published in 2017.