114-115, no. 27, pl. 15.28 (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
36-37, no. 27, pl. 11.28 (ph.) | |
286-287, no. 470 | |
872-873, no. 356, fig. 409 (ph.) |
SEG 28 (1978): 1398; 31 (1981): 1400
In the atrium, near the northern door leading into the basilica. Found in situ.
A tombstone of medium hard, peeling limestone, measuring 83x49 cm. The letters, about 6 cm high, are oval; some cursive forms are notable (two different forms of beta, round-backed delta). There are still traces of white paints in the letters. The text begins and ends with a cross.
☩ Ἀναπά⟨η⟩ ὡ μα-
κάριος καὶ ἁγιώτ(ατος)
[ἀ]ββᾶς Ἐράσινο-
4. ς̣ ὁ πρεσβύτερ[ος]
τῇ μηνὶ Ὑπε[ρβε-]
ρ(εταίου) ιβ´ εʹ ἡμέρᾳ ἔτους
φιβʹ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ςʹ. ☩
Came to rest the blessed and most holy Abba Erasinos the priest in the month of Hyperberetaios, the 12th, a Thursday, in the year 512, indiction 6.
L.2 μα|κάριος Καπίτω (personal name) Negev, Meimaris; l.4 πρεσβύτερ(ος) Bingen (SEG), but the stone here is broken and there is space for the last two letters; ll.5-6 ΥΠΕ|ΡΒΕΗΜΕΡΑ = Ὑπε|ρβ(ερεταίου) ε´ ἡμέρᾳ "on the 5th od the month of Hyperberetaios" (i.e. 22 September) all eds., my correction is based on the photograph.
Dated limestone tombstone of Abba Erasinos in the atrium.
Year 512 of the Arabian era corresponds to 617/8; the sixth indiction began on 1 September 617. Hyperberetaios in the Arabian calendar began on 18 September, so that the 12th was 29 September. In 617, 29 September fell on Thursday, the fifth day of the week, as it was normally called in the Byzantine calendar.
The title ἀββᾶς probably indicated that Erasinos, besides being a presbyter, was also a monk.