Ozem - Church

Inscription number: 
4
Selected bibliography: 
233, no. 1162 (ed. pr.)
117, no. 199, pl. CXXIX.2 (ph.)
157, no. 4
116-117, no. 161
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

SEG 62 (2012): 1643

CIIP III (2014): 2425 (ph.)

Inscription type: 
dedicatory
Location: 

Findspot: In the central mosaic carpet of the nave near the northwestern corner.

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

Physical description : 

Three-line mosaic inscription, oriented south, set in a semicircular frame near the northern border of the carpet, east of inscription 3. Letters (4.2-5.5 cm high) are traced in black against a white background and belong to the square alphabet. In l.3, a short horizontal stroke made of two black tesserae for abbreviation.

Text: 

Ζο-

νενος

μονάζ(ων)

Translation: 

Zonenos the monk.

Date: 
5th cent.
Summary: 

Dedicatory inscription of Zonenos the monk in a semicircular frame, in the central mosaic carpet of the nave.

Contents
Monastical titles: 
monachos/monazon
Epigraphical Abbreviations: 
small horizontal stroke