Beer Sheba - Triconch Church

Inscription number: 
8
Selected bibliography: 
240, no. 8, fig. 16 (ph.) (ed. pr.)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Inscription type: 
dedicatory
Location: 

Cut on the top frame of a marble chancel screen.

On a moveable object: 
chancel screen
Physical description : 

Marble fragment with inscription from the top frame of the chancel screen. The board was flat, with no signs of decoration. Average height of characters is 2.8 cm. Square Σ and Ε.

Text: 

[Ὑπ]έρ σωτηρίας̣[ - - - ]

Translation: 

For the salvation….

Summary: 

Fragment of a dedicatory inscription incised on the top frame of a marble chancel screen.

Contents
Epigraphical formulae: 
salvation/preservation (sôtêria)