216, no. 1075 (ed. pr.) | |
68, no. 93 | |
472-474, no. 136, fig. 176 (ph.) | |
73, no. 92 | |
43-46, no. 2, figs. 2-4 (phs.) |
SEG 37 (1987): 1469 B
CIIP III (2014): 2314 (ph.)
Findspot: In the mosaic floor at the eastern end of the nave, in front of the bema.
Pres. loc.: IAA (damaged).
Mosaic inscription within a plain rectangular frame of black and orange tesserae, ca. 235 cm long and 81 cm wide. The six-line text opens with a horned cross; the last line, shorter than the others, is centered and flanked by two crosses and two sprigs. Sprigs also mark the end of lines 2 and 5. The characters, 9-10 cm high, are traced in black tesserae and belong to the square alphabet. Abbreviations are marked with stigmas.
☩ Ἐπὶ τοῦ ἁγιωτ(άτου) καὶ ὁσιωτ(άτου) Ἀντωνίου
ἐπισκ(όπου) καὶ τοῦ θεοσεβ(εστάτου) πρεσβ(υτέρου) καὶ χω- (sprig)
ρεπισκόπου Καλοποδίου {(καὶ)} καὶ τοῦ
4 θεοσεβεστάτου Παύλου πρεσβ(υτέρου) καὶ ἡ-
γουμένου ἐγένετο τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο (sprig)
(sprig) ☩ τῆς ψ[ηφ]ώσεως. ☩ (sprig)
Under the most holy and saintly bishop Antonius and the most God-fearing priest and chorepiscopus Calopodius and the most God-fearing priest and abbot Paulus, this work of the mosaic was done.
Building inscription mentioning clergy within a plain rectangular frame in the mosaic pavement at the eastern end of the nave.
For a discussion on the persons mentioned in the inscription, see Di Segni 2019.