Armenian Graffiti from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Journal: Cercetări Arheologice
Year: 2024

The Holy Land’s shrines are abundant with multilingual inscriptions that pilgrims have left over the centuries. Such inscriptions and graffiti are numerous inside and outside of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, one of the major Christian holy sites, and mainly contain pilgrims’ names, prayers, and sometimes short texts about them. Due to limited available surfaces for writing, new graffiti often overlaid earlier ones, creating a palimpsest effect. A significant part of these graffi