Church/Monastery name:
Nessana - SS. Sergius and Bacchus (North church)
Inscription number:
14
Selected bibliography:
156-157, no. 52 b (dr.) (ed. pr.) |
Inscription type:
invocation/prayer
Location:
Engraved on a chalk voussoir found in Room 7.
Physical description :
One of three devotional inscriptions engraved on a chalk voussoir (44 x 33 cm). Semi cursive script, letters 1 cm high.
Text:
Στέφανος
κ(αὶ) Μηνᾶς ο̣ἱ̣ υ̣ἱ̣-
οὶ τοῦ μακαρίου
ΒΙΤΑΛΙ̣Μ̣ΟΝ. Κύρ(ιε)
βοήθι, ἅγ̣ιε
Σέργι(ε)
Translation:
Stephen and Mena, the sons of the blessed Vitalinus (?). Lord, help, Holy Sergius . . .
Apparatus:
L.4: Since the name Βιτάλιμος is unknown, Kirk–Welles suggested Βιταλῖν̣ον = Latin Vitalinus.
Summary:
Invocation of the Lord and of Saint Sergius on behalf of Stephen and Mena, on a chalk voussoir in Room 7.
Epigraphical Abbreviations:
diagonal stroke for κ(αί)
Other devotional texts found on chalk in Room 7 (Kirk–Welles, nos. 52-61) include an invocation of the "God of all saints" and intercession of Mary Theotokos (no. 52 a), invocations of Christ the Lord (nos. 53, 55, 59, 61), and of Saints Stephen and Sergius (no. 60).