Shivta - St. George (North Church)

Inscription number: 
17
Selected bibliography: 
Negev, A., 1981
59-60, no. 65, ph. 53 (ed. pr.)
Meimaris, Y. E., 1992
302, no. 523
Gatier, P.-L., 1992
147
Di Segni, L., 1997
848-849, no. 344, fig. 394 (ph.)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

SEG 31 (1981): 1443

Inscription type: 
epitaph
Location: 

Findspot: On a tombstone in the baptistry.

Pres. loc.: IAA, Inv. no. 36.1277, neg. no. 19.745.

Physical description : 

The epitaph is engraved on a rectangular tombstone. The writing is rough, with several cursive letters, especially delta, zeta, and a peculiar phi. The text begins with a cross.

Text: 

     ☩ Ἀναπαύ(ει) ἐν ἁγίο(ις)

     ὁ μακάριος Σαλ-

     αμάνος Θέμου

4   πρεσβ(ύτερος) Ἀωγδ-

     ονίου κʹ εἰνδ(ικτιῶνος)

     ζʹ ἔτους

     φογʹ.

Translation: 

Rests with the saints the blessed Salamanos (son) of Themos, priest, on Audynaois 20 of the 7th indiction, year 573.

Apparatus: 

L.4  Α Ωγδ|ονίου Negev,  Ἀωγδ|ονίου Pleket (SEG);  l.5 κεʹ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) Negev, Meimaris, but Bingen (SEG) observes that the stone has ΟΝΙΟΥ v Κ v ΕΙΝΔ.

Commentary: 

The date is not 25 Audynaios = 10 January, as in ed.pr., but 20 Audynaios = 5 January 679, which fell in the 7th indiction.

Themos cannot be the same man that is mentioned in Inscriptions nos. 3 and 7.

Given date: 
year
month
day of the month
indiction
Date: 
5 January 679
Summary: 

Dated epitaph of Salamanos son of Themos, on a rectangular tombstone found in baptistry, 5 January 679.

Contents
Ecclesiastical titles: 
presbyter
Titles/epithets of patrons/dedicators: 
blessed (makarios)
Personal names: 
Salamanos, Themos
Epithets of saints: 
hagios/hagia
Epigraphical Abbreviations: 
stigma, horizontal stroke for ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος)