60-61, no. 1, fig. 32 (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
26 (ph.) (in Hebrew) | |
44, pl. 4.B (ph.) | |
267-268, no. 18, fig. 334 (ph.) | |
150, no. 220 |
SEG 54 (2004): 1661; 64 (2014): 1711
Findspot: In an intercolumniation of the colonnade separating the nave from the south aisle. Found during the 2002 excavation.
Pres. location: In situ. (Łajtar 2013)
One-line mosaic inscription laid between a geometric panel of the intercolumnium and the plait bordering the mosaic in the south aisle, to be read from the side of the nave. The inscription is 188 cm long; height of letters varies from 7 cm to 4 cm. The word ἥμισυ is recorded as a siglum in the form of a chevron. The end of the inscription is marked with a small circle.
Ἐκαρποφόρισεν ΗΔΩΡΑ εἰς λόγ(ον) τοῦ ψηφ(ίου) νο(μίσματος) τὸ (ἥμισυ).
He(lio)dora (?) offered half a solidus on account of the mosaic.
Since ΗΔΩΡΑ does not yield an attested name or a meaningful new name, Ἡ⟨λιο⟩δώρα or, more probably, Ἡ(λιο)δώρα should be read, Łajtar. [perhaps ἡ Δώρα, Chaniotis apud SEG 54]; Η may stand for 8, a well-known symbol of Χρειστός (8 letters), and the name, then, would be Χρειστόδωρα Di Segni apud SEG 64. || ψηφ(ίου) or, less probably because of its rareness, ψηφ(οθετήματος), Łajtar || νο(μίσματος) or νο(μισματίου). ‘In the 6th century half a solidus was a considerable sum of money, big enough for living of a single person for half a year’ (61), Łajtar.
One-line mosaic dedicatory building inscription of He(lio)dora, in an intercolumniation of the southern colonnade.