394-346, no. 3, pl. II.a (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
584, no. 502 (Feissel) | |
65, no. 81 |
SEG 50 (2000): 1482
CIIP III (2014): 2445 (dr.)
In the mosaic pavement at the passage from the western part of the northern aisle of the basilica (Locus 6) to the western carpet of the diaconicon (Locus 9).
Eight-line mosaic inscription within a rectangular frame. Black letters on white background.
Meas.: letters 6.4-7.6 cm.
Κ(ύρι)ε, πρόσδεξε τὴν
καρποφορίαν Βα-
ράχων ἀναγνώστου
4 [κ]αὶ Ζοναίνου ἀδ-
[ελ]φοῦ καὶ Αἰα μ-
ονάζον, υἱοῦ αὐ-
τοῦ, καὶ Ἰωάνην υἱ-
8 οῦ αὐτοῦ. ϙφʹ ἔτους.
Lord, receive the offer of Barachon, the reader, and of Zonainus, his brother, and of Aias, the monk, his son, and of Ioanes, his son. In the year 590. (CIIP)
Dedicatory mosaic inscription of Barachon and his family within a rectangular frame, at the northern threshold of the western nave of the basilica, 529/530 AD.
Year 590 (era of Gaza) = 529/530 AD.