Keniset er-Ra'wat - Shepherds Field (Greek Orthodox)

Inscription number: 
1
Selected bibliography: 
22-23, nos. 1-2, pl. 2 (phs.) (ed. pr.)
25, no. 24, pl. XX:1 (ph.)
123-124, no. 178
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3286 (phs., dr.)

Inscription type: 
commemorative
invocation/prayer
Location: 

At the bottom edge of the mosaic pavement of the roof-top chapel.

Physical description : 

Two inscriptions at the bottom edge of a mosaic floor. Letters in black on a white ground. The inscription to the left is (a), the inscription to the right is (b).

Text: 

(a)   Μνήσθητι, κ(ύρι)[ε],

        τοῦ δούλου

        σου Λααζάρ[ου]

4      καὶ πάσης τῆς

        καρποφορίας α[ὐ]-

        τοῦ, ☩ ἀμήν.



(b)   [ - - - ]++ΙΣΕ

        [ - - - ]Ν ☩

        [ - - - ]+ ☩

        [ - - - ]Ν

        [ - - - ]ΩΝ

        [ - - - ]ΝΩΝ

        [ - - - ] ἀμήν.

Translation: 

(a)   Lord, remember your servant Lazarus and all his offerings. Amen.

(b)   … Amen.

Summary: 

Two inscriptions at the bottom edge of a mosaic pavement of the roof-top chapel.

Contents
Titles/epithets of patrons/dedicators: 
servant of God
Personal names: 
Lazarus
Epigraphical formulae: 
Lord/Christ, remember...
offering (prosphorá/karpophoria)
amen
Epigraphical Abbreviations: 
horizontal stroke over nomen sacrum