Khirbet el-Karmil (Chermela) - Central Church

Inscription number: 
1
Selected bibliography: 
87-89 (dr.) (ed. pr.)
606, no. A1035
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

CIIP IV.2 (2018): 3859 (dr.)

Inscription type: 
dedicatory
invocation/prayer
Location: 

In front of the narrow entrance to an adjoining room.

Physical description : 

Tabula ansata, made of one row of tesserae; roses in the ansae; “Umriss, Schrift und ornamentale Füllung sind mit zumeist schiefergrauen, vereinzelt ins Hellgraue und bei den Rosettenblättern ins Rötliche spielenden Steinen ausgelegt” (Mittmann).

Meas.: tabula: h 46-45 cm (from left to right), w 109-110 cm; ansae: h 24.5, w 33 cm (left); h 28, w 37 cm (right); letters l.1: 10-14 cm; l.2: 11-16 cm; l.3: 5.5-6 cm.

Text: 

☩ Κ(ύρι)ε Ἰ(ησο)ῦ Χ(ριστ)έ, τῶν

σῶν σοὶ προσήνεκ-

κα.

Translation: 

Lord Jesus Christ, from your own I have made you an offering. (CIIP)

Summary: 

Dedicatory inscription within tabula ansata in the mosaic floor.

Epigraphical Abbreviations: 
horizontal strokes over nomina sacra