Beer Sheba - Triconch Church

Inscription number: 
5
Selected bibliography: 
238, no. 5, fig. 13 (ph.) (ed. pr.)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Inscription type: 
commemorative
Location: 

Incised on a marble slab belonging to the marble pavement of the church.

Physical description : 

Three fragments of an inscription set within a medallion carved on a marble slab, probably belonging to the stone pavement of the church. Only four lines, rendered in oval script, are extant. One fragment with the letter N most probably belongs to this slab, but its exact location in the inscription cannot be established. Average height of characters 2.5 cm. Oval E and Θ, and Π with a protruding horizontal hasta.

Text: 

Μ[νή-]

σθη[τι Κύ-]

ριε π[άντων τῶν]

ρο[σφερόντων]

[ - - - - - - ]

[ - - - - ]

Translation: 

Remember, Lord, all those who offered..…

Summary: 

Commemorative inscription on fragments belonging to the marble pavement of the church.

Contents
Epigraphical formulae: 
Lord/Christ, remember...
those who offer/have offered/will offer