Bir al Hamam - Chapel

Church/Monastery name: 
Bir al Hamam - Chapel
Inscription number: 
3
Selected bibliography: 
202, fig. 9c (ph.) (ed. pr.)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Inscription type: 
commemorative
Location: 

In mosaic pavement in the "refectory" of the chapel.

Illustrative material: 
Physical description : 

Fragmentary three-line mosaic inscription written in red tesserae, 8-10 mm high, on a white background within tabula ansata.

Text: 

Tentative restoration:

     [Ὑπὲρ μνήμης καὶ ἀνα]πάυ-

     [σεως - - -  καὶ
(?) Μαρ]ίνου or Σαβ]ίνου

     [τῶν ἀδελφῶν φιλοχρ]ίστω(ν).

 

Translation: 

[For the memory and] rest [of - - - and Mar]inus (or Sabinus or other name ending in -inos) [the] Christ-loving [brothers].

Summary: 

Fragmentary commemorative mosaic inscription, in the center of the "refectory".

Contents
Titles/epithets of patrons/dedicators: 
Christ loving
Personal names: 
Marinus (?), Sabinus (?)
Kinship terms: 
siblings
Epigraphical formulae: 
remembrance (mnêmê)
repose (anapausis, koimêsis)
Epigraphical Abbreviations: 
horizontal stroke for [φιλοχρ]ίστω(ν)