Jabaliyah; el-Mkheitim - Church

Church/Monastery name:

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Saliou, C., 2000	404-405, no. 14, pl. VII.a (ph.) (ed. pr.)
Madden, A. M., 2014	68, no. 81

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Epigraphical corpora:

SEG 50 (2000): 1492

CIIP III (2014): 2455 (dr.)

Inscription type:

building

Location:

In the mosaic pavement near the southern threshold in the western room of the baptistery (Locus 13).

Physical description :

Damaged seven-line mosaic inscription within a medallion; a lozenge above the first line; white background, but multi-colored tesserae are used for the letters.

Meas.: letters 6.4-7.2 cm.

Text:

Ἐπὶ τοῦ θεο-

φιλ(εστάτου) Σαλα-

ονος πρεσβ(υτέρου) κ(αὶ)

4 [ἡ]γουμ(ένου) ἐψηφώ(θη)

[τ]ὰ ὁ͂δε μη(νὶ) Ξανθι(κῷ)

τοῦ δνχ’ [ἔτους]

ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) [ιβʹ.]

Translation:

Under the most God-loving priest and abbot Salaon were these (things) furnished with mosaic, in the month of Xanthikos, year 654, indiction 12. (CIIP)

Commentary:

Year 654 (era of Gaza) = 594 AD; Xanthikos: 27 March until 26 April, which in 594 AD fell on the 12th indiction.

Given date:

year

month

indiction

Date:

March/April 594 AD

Summary:

Mosaic building inscription within a medallion, near the southern threshold in the western room of the baptistery, March/April 594.

Contents

Actions:

was paved with mosaic

Ecclesiastical titles:

presbyter

Monastical titles:

abbot/hegumen

Epithets of clergy/monks:

God-loving (theophiles)

Personal names:

Salaon

Epigraphical Abbreviations:

stigmas, horizontal stroke for ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) and numerals, overhanging eta for μη(νί)