Inscription number:
2
Selected bibliography:
23-24, no. 3, pl. 1.5 (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
25, no. 25 | |
124, no. 179 |
Epigraphical corpora:
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3285 (ph.)
Inscription type:
invocation/prayer
Location:
A small building, the use of which is unknown, at the northeast corner of the church; its floor was paved with a mosaic, and the tabula with the inscription was “adjacent to the northern wall of the basilica” (Tzaferis).
Physical description :
Mosaic inscription in a tabula ansata.
Text:
☩ Κ(ύρι)ε Ἰ(ησ)οῦ Χ(ριστ)έ, ἐλέ-
ησον τὸν
δοῦλόν
4 σου Ἡσύ-
χιν. ☩
Translation:
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on your servant Hesychis.
Summary:
Invocation of the Lord on behalf of Hesychis within a tabula ansata, in the mosaic pavement.
Epigraphical Abbreviations:
horizontal strokes over nomina sacra