Alexamenos Grafitto, Palatine Museum, Rome
c. 200 CE The inscription, in Greek, reads: “Alexamenos worships [his] god.” This scratched grafitto was originally on a wall near the Palatine hill and is now in the Palatine museum. The image shows a man standing next to a donkey-headed figure on a cross, and has been interpreted as mocking a Christian named Alexamenos.