Beit Sha'ar - Church

Church/Monastery name: 
Beit Sha'ar - Church
Inscription number: 
1
Selected bibliography: 
613-614 (dr.)
41-44 (dr.) (ed. pr.)
149, no. 26
28-29, no. 26
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

SEG 8 (1937): 238

CIIP IV.2 (2018): 3396 (drs.)

Inscription type: 
building
dedicatory
Location: 

In the nave of the church.

Physical description : 

Four-line mosaic inscription surrounded by drinking animals. Parts of the mosaic were destroyed during the excavation.

Meas.: h ca. 50, w 115 cm.

Text: 

[Ὑπὲρ ἀ]ντιλή[μψεως τ]ῶν καρποφωρούν[των]

[ - - - ]ΘΚΑΣΙΟΝ κ(αὶ) Ἰωνάννιν Ζαχαρί[αν]

[κ(αὶ) Ἰω]άνιν Αβέσομβον κ(αὶ) Ἰωάνιν κ(αὶ) [ - - - ]

[ - - - ]Α ἐτελιώθι τὸ ἔργον ἔτ(ους) [ - - - ]

Translation: 

For the succor of the donors … and Ioannis Zacharias and Ioanis Abesombus and Ioanis … the work was finished in the year …

Given date: 
year
Summary: 

Fragmenrary dedicatory mosaic building inscription for the benefactors of a church, in the nave.

Contents
Actions: 
the work was done
Personal names: 
Abesombus, Ioannes, Zacharias
Epigraphical formulae: 
succour (antilêpsis, boêqeia)
those who offer/have offered/will offer
Epigraphical Abbreviations: 
stigma