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Entry number IPG-1
Site Church of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist.
Original location Ephesos, province of Asia
Current location Ephesos, in situ (non vidi)
Location within site Bluish marble plate. The graffito may have originally been located between the barriers connecting the bema and ambo.
Date 6th-14th century (Context) (Karydis)
Description One of three graffiti written beneath a formal inscription. For the other two graffiti below this inscription, see IPG-2 and IPG-3.

Letter height 0.6 cm -0.7 cm.
Text (critical) † ἅγ(ι)ε Ἰω(άννη), βοήθη τὼν σὸν δοῦλον Λάζαρον

Critical Apparatus:
βοήθη = βοήθει. τὼν = τὸν.
Text (diplomatic)
Translation Saint John, help your servant Lazaros
Commentary [Commentary missing]
Editions Source:

Keil, J. 1951. 'Die Inschriften', in H. Hörmann. 1951. Die Johanneskirche. Wien. no. 4a.

Further Bibliography:

Karydis, N., 2016. 'The evolution of the Church of St. John at Ephesos during the early Byzantine period', Jahreshefte des österreichischen archäologischen Institutes in Wien, 84, pp.97-128.
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