Baḥan - ST. STEPHEN

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Applebaum, S., Isaac, B. and Landau, J., 1981-82	103, no. 11 (ed. pr.)
Porath, Y., Dar, S. and Applebaum, S., 1985	269, no. 6c (in Hebrew)
Ovadiah, R. and Ovadiah, A., 1987	14-15, no. 8
Madden, A. M., 2014	24, no. 21

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Epigraphical corpora:

SEG 32 (1982): 1518

Inscription type:

building

commemorative

Location:

In a mosaic on the south side of the nave, east of inscription no. 2.

Physical description :

Mosaic inscription in a tabula ansata.

Text:

[- - -]ου ἁγίου

[- - -]ον δοῦλον

[- - πρ]εσβ(ύτερον) τὸν

4 [- - ἐκ] θεμελ(ίων) κ(αὶ) τὸν

[- - - ]γΓγΕΝΕΛΕ

[- - - - ]ΚΦΣΕΚΡΙ

Translation:

[? Lord God] of saint - -, [remember] your servant - - - the priest - - -[who built?] from the foundations [- - - - - ]

Apparatus:

Ll. 1-3: [? Κ(ύρι)ε ὁ θ(εὸ)ς τ]οῦ ἁγίου| [- - - ? μνήσθητι τ]ὸν δοῦλόν| [σου - - - τὸν πρ]εσβ(ύτερον);

L. 3 Applebaum ]ΕΣΒΡ in mosaic; L. 5 ed. pr., SEG ]ΥΓΥΕΝΕLΕ; L. 6 ed. pr., SEG ]ΚΦLΕΚΡΙ:in the absence of a ph. it is impossible to establish the reading of these two lines.

Date:

6th cent.

Summary:

Fragmenrary commemorative (?) mosaic inscription set in a tabula ansata, in the south side of the nave.

Contents

Actions:

built, erected/was built, was erected

Ecclesiastical titles:

presbyter

Titles/epithets of patrons/dedicators:

servant of God

Epigraphical formulae:

from the foundations

Lord/Christ, remember...