Khan Saliba - ST. ADAM

Church/Monastery name:

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Prignaud, J., 1963	251-252, pl. 9 c (ph.) (ed. pr.)
Ovadiah, R. and Ovadiah, A., 1987	91, no. 147
Madden, A. M., 2014	98, no. 133

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Epigraphical corpora:

CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3120 (ph.)

Inscription type:

building

Location:

At the eastern end of the mosaic pavement of Room 4.

Physical description :

The inscription is set in the narrow strip of white tesserae separating the ornamented mosaic carpet from the walls, at the eastern side of the room; the text is to be read “en passant du locus 4 dans le locus 2” (Prignaud). Black tesserae were used for the letters.

Meas.: band of writing: h 12 cm, w 2.65 m; letters 7-9 cm.

Text:

(palm branch) Ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοφ(ιλεστάτου) πρεσβ(υτέρου) κ(αὶ) ἡγουμ(ένου) Παύλου ἐγένετο τὸ ἔργον.

Translation:

The work was executed under the most God-loving priest and Abbot Paulus. (CIIP)

Summary:

One-line building inscription of Paulus the priest, in the mosaic pavement of Room 4.

Contents

Actions:

the work was done

Ecclesiastical titles:

presbyter

Monastical titles:

abbot/hegumen

Epithets of clergy/monks:

God-loving (theophiles)

Personal names:

Paulus

Epigraphical Abbreviations:

stigmas, curved leg for κ(αί)