Deir Dosi - THEODOSIUS

Church/Monastery name: 
Deir Dosi - THEODOSIUS
Inscription number: 
1
Selected bibliography: 
14 (ed. pr.)
152-153, no. 55.5, pl. 16.4 (ph)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

SEG 8 (1937): 316

CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3205 (ph.)

Inscription type: 
invocation/prayer
Location: 

Findspot: Monastery of St. Theodosius (Deir Dosi), “östlich oberhalb der bekannten Höhle der Magier, also jedenfalls im Fußboden der Kirche, die sich einst über der Höhle erhob” (Alt).

Physical description : 

Inscription in a mosaic frame; blue letters on white background, the lines divided by a row of red tesserae; frame in red – blue – white – blue – red.

Meas.: h 60, w 137 cm (frame); h (lines) 13.5 cm.

Text: 

Κ(ύρι)ε Ἰ(ησο)ῦ Χ(ριστ)έ, ἀνάπ-

αυσον τὰς

ψυχὰς τῶν

[δού]λων σου.

Translation: 

Lord Jesus Christ, repose the souls of your servants. (CIIP)

Summary: 

Invocation of Christ within a mosaic frame.

Contents
Titles/epithets of patrons/dedicators: 
servant of God
Epigraphical formulae: 
Lord/Christ, grant repose...