333, no. C, figs. 5C, 6C (drs.) (ed. pr.) |
SEG 48 (1998): 1890
CIIP III (2014): 2319 (dr.)
Eastern end of the main mosaic pavement of the nave.
The inscription was probably set in long lines within a rectangular frame. Parts of three lines were recorded. Original inscription lost; reading based on a drawing by an anonymous Australian WWI soldier stationed in Palestine, who discovered the mosaic on 23 January 1918. Accurate details of the script cannot be provided.
[? Κ(ύρι)ε πρόσδεξαι τὴν προσφορά]ν Λεοντίου ἡερ[έως?]
[ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - φρ]οντίσαντος ΔΙ [ - - - ]
[ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ] ΡΟΥ [ - - - ]
[Lord, or Saint –, or God of Saint –, accept the offering] of Leontius the priest(?) … by the care of …
Fragmentary dedicatory inscription of Leontius the priest, in the mosaic pavement of the nave.
Iotacism: eta instead of itoa in ἡερέως (l.1), for ἱερέως