Ozem - Church

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Meimaris, Y. E., 1986	148, no. 764 (ed. pr.)
Ovadiah, R. and Ovadiah, A., 1987	117, no. 199, pl. CXXX.1 (ph.)
Di Segni, L., 2012	153-154, no. 2
Madden, A. M., 2014	116, no. 161

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Epigraphical corpora:

SEG 62 (2012) 1641

CIIP III (2014): 2427 (ph.)

Inscription type:

building

Location:

Findspot: In the center of the main panel in the nave.

Pres. loc.: Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, IAA inv. no. 1956-1390.

Physical description :

Fragmentary five-line mosaic inscription set in a medallion (diam. 90 cm), oriented east. Frame and letters in black tesserae; lines of texts separated by rows of pinkish-orange tesserae. May have begun with a cross, sprig, or other decorative element. Letters belong to square alphabet. They are well-spaced in ll. 1-3 but more crowded in the other lines and range in height from 5-9 cm, depending on the line. Paleography points to a 5th century date.

Text:

Ἔτ[ους]

δλ[φ´ μηνὸς]

Δύσ[τρου]

ἐτελιώθη

(ἡ) ἐκλησία.

Translation:

In the year [5]34, in the month of Dystros, the church was finished.

Given date:

year

month

Date:

March 27 - April 25, 431

Summary:

Fragmentary dated building inscription in a medallion, in the centre of the main mosaic panel in the nave.

Contents

Actions:

was completed (ἐτελιώθη)

Definitions of building/part of building:

ekklesia