Church/Monastery name:
Kefar Truman - Church
Inscription number:
1
Selected bibliography:
402 | |
194, no. 977 (ll.1-4); 243, no. 1221 (ll.1-4) | |
90, no. 146 | |
311 | |
211 | |
95, no. 129 | |
93-96 (ph.) | |
199, fig. 10 (ph.) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 64 (2014): 1681 (ed. pr.)
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 2669 (ph.)
Inscription type:
building
Location:
Findspot: At the easternmost part of the nave, in front of the altar.
Pres. loc.: Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, IAA inv. no. 1958-829/1-2. Autopsy: 5 June 2014 (Werner Eck).
Illustrative material:
Physical description :
Mosaic inscription within tabula ansata
Text:
☩ Ἐπὶ τοῦ θεο-
σ̣ε̣β̣εστάτου
πρεσ̣[β(υτέρου] κὲ ἡγ̣ο[υμ-]
4 ένου Εὐσεβίο[υ ἀνε-]
νεώθη ὁ να[ός.]
Translation:
“† In the time of the most god-loving priest and the abbot Eusebius the nave was renewed.” (tr. L. Di Segni, apud Dayan and Bollok 2021).
Apparatus:
Ll.1-2. θεο|σ̣ε̣β̣εστάτου: from ph., Zellmann-Rohrer; θεο|φιλεστάτου, Meimaris
Date:
3rd quarter of 5th c.
Summary:
Mosaic building inscription within tabula ansata, in the nave in front of the altar.
Epigraphical Abbreviations:
stigma