125, figs. 9-11 (phs., drs.) | |
171-172, no. 3 (dr.) (ed. pr.) |
SEG 62 (2012): 1653
CIIP IV.2 (2018): 3758 (ph., dr.)
In the mosaic pavement of the "Inscriptions Hall", built north of the courtyard in subphase a of stage 1, on the eastern border of the central rectangular panel. To be read looking west.
Three-line mosaic inscription, oriented west, framed in the eastern border of the room's central panel. Text, which begins with a cross, is traced in black characters against a white background. Length of lines ranges from 229-241 cm. Letters vary slightly in size (average height 8 cm) and are a mixture of the round and square alphabets, consistent with a date in the 5th century, perhaps its second half. Nomen sacrum is abbreviated, but the horizontal stroke above it only covers the second letter. L. 3 is not aligned with ll.1–2, and the placement of the white tesserae in the space gives the impression that a correction was made here: possibly, the omega was repeated at the beginning of the line, and deleted by exchanging black tesserae with white ones when the mistake was discovered.
☩ Κ(ύρι)ε μνήσθητι τῶν δούλων σοῦ
Θαίμωνος καὶ Ἰωάννου καὶ Ἰω-
άννου τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀμήν.
Lord, remember Thy servants Thaimon and John and John, the priests. Amen.
Commemorative mosaic inscription of the priests Thaimon, John, and John, in the side room built north of the atrium.
Thaimon is the Hellenized form of an Arabic name, TYM or TYMW, meaning “servant,” usually of a god. The common Greek transcription is Θαιμος, Θεμος or Θαιμης. The form Θαίμων seems to imitate the Greek name Θέμων.