Paolo,
this is what I have found, searching for Alexamenos (not Alexander) in
www.metacrawler.com.
On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 06:52:41PM +0100, PEB wrote:
>
> Our volunteer organization (Gruppo Archeologico Pisano) is currently
> preparing a didactic exibition (mainly devoted to young people) concerning
> the world rock art and the ancient graffiti explaining their significances
> and their correlation with human cultures and religions.
> We are preparing faithful copies on stones or marbles of the most
> significant expressions of graffiti over all the ages. (not for selling)
>
> We want to include in the exibition (absolutely not with blasphemic
> purposes) the famous roman graffito showing a crucified human being with a
> donkey head and a worshipping man, accompained by a written statement in
> greek "Alexandros worships his god"
>
> We should want to know:
>
> A) Where is it?
in the Kircherian Museum in Roma
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/first/paganism.html
has a very good reproduction of the graffito
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04517a.htm
http://www.umich.edu/~classics/archives/ltantiq/ltantiq.960402.04
references to antiquity of the cross symbol
http://www.gospelcom.net/chi/glimpses/seven.html
reference to this as the oldest representation of the christian cross
http://users.eggconnect.net/noddy3/STAUROS.htm
refutes this graffito as the oldest symbol
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793c.htm
refutes this graffito as the oldest symbol
http://www.binary.net/polycarp/divinity.html
http://www.jaze.com/graffiti/text1.html
http://www.sermons.com/s-strobe.html
http://www.redimir.org.mx/crosses.htm
> B) Does anyone know if we can find the graffito on the net? Or where can we
> find the figure elsewhere?
>
> C) Does anyone know if it is true that this is the oldest representation of
> the Crucifixion of Christ?
>
> Than You in advance
> Sincerely
> PEB
You are welcome. :-}
Serenella Ciongoli
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