Church/Monastery name:
Ashdod Yam (Azotos Paralios) - Church of the Deaconesses
Inscription number:
4
Inscription type:
epitaph
Location:
The easternmost inscription in the northern aisle, south of its axis of symetry.
Physical description :
The characters, formed with black tesserae, belong to the square alphabet and are 6.5-13 cm high.
Text:
[Μνῆμα τῆς ἁ-] or [Ὑπὲρ μνή|μης τῆς ἁ-]
γίας μητ[ρὸς]
2 ἡμῶ[ν Ϲω-]
φρο[νίας]
4 τῆς [διακ(όνου)(?)]
[Tomb] (or [For the memory]) of our holy mother [So]phro[nia] the [deaconess
(?)].
Translation:
[Tomb] (or [For the memory]) of our holy mother [So]phro[nia] the [deaconess
(?)].
Summary:
Burial inscription of Sophronia.