117, no. 199, pl. CXXIX.2 (ph.) | |
154, no. 3 (ed. pr.) | |
117, no. 161 |
SEG 62 (2012): 1642
CIIP III (2014): 2428 (ph.)
Findspot: In the central mosaic carpet of the nave, near the northwestern corner.
Pres. loc.: Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, IAA inv. no. 1956-1390.
Two-part mosaic inscription: A: 3 lines framed in a semicircle (diam. 40) next to the inner frame of the carpet; B: 6 lines inscribed above A, between 2 medallions. Both oriented south. Letters (A: 4-6 cm high; B: 3.8-5 cm high) traced in black tesserae on a white background and belong to the square alphabet. Probably a small horizontal stroke formed by two tesserae (or a single dot - one tesserae) for abbreviation in A l.3.
A. Νεεσ-
ταβος
ἀναγνώ(στης)
B. Ἰαια
μήτ-
ηρ
αὐ-
το-
ῦ
Nestabos the lector. Iaia his mother.
Dedicatory inscription of Nestabos the lector and his mother Iaia, in the central mosaic carpet of the nave.