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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexamenos_graffito

The image depicts a human-like figure affixed to a cross and possessing the head of a donkey or mule. In the top right of the image is what has been interpreted as either the Greek letter upsilon or a tau cross.[1] To the left of the image is a young man – apparently intended to represent Alexamenos[5] – as a Roman soldier or guard, raising one hand in a gesture possibly suggesting worship.[6][7]

 

Beneath the cross is a crude caption written as "ΑΛΕΞΑΜΕΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΕΤΕ ΘΕΟΝ". The word "ϹΕΒΕΤΕ" can be understood as a variant (or a possible phonetic misspelling) of the Standard Greek word ϹΕΒΕΤΑΙ, which means worships.[a] The inscription would then be read as "Ἀλεξάμενος σέβεται θεόν", or Alexamenos worships [his] God.[8][9] Several other sources suggest Alexamenos worshipping a god or other similar variants as the intended translation.[10][11][12][13]

 

In the next chamber, another inscription in a different hand written in both Greek and Latin reads as "ΑΛΕΞΑΜΕΝΟϹ FIDELIS" ("Alexamenos fidelis"), which either means Alexamenos is faithful or Alexamenos the faithful.[14] This may be a retort by an unknown party to the mockery of Alexamenos represented in the graffito.[15]

 

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