Church/Monastery name:
Shiloh - Northern Church (Late)
Inscription number:
4
Selected bibliography:
221, no. 4 (drs.) (ed. pr.) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 62 (2012): 1685
Location:
Incised on a fragment of a mortar rim with rectangular stamp found in the debris. Probably belonged to the occupation phase of the site prior to the erection of the church.
On a moveable object:
bread stamp
Physical description :
Fragment of a mortar rim with a rectangular stamp, 4.7 cm long, and 2.8 cm wide. It belongs to the well-known class of Syrian mortaria, which widely circulated in the East during the third and early fourth century.
Text:
Ἑρμογ-
ένους.
Translation:
Of Hermogenes.
Summary:
Stamp of Hermogenes on a mortar, found in the debris.
The impression is slightly disturbed at the end but it is possible to make out the curve of the sigma and the small, iota-like sign, which always appears in the stamp of Hermogenes’ workshop.