Church/Monastery name:
Ma'ale Adumim; Kh. Murassas - MARTYRIUS
Inscription number:
1
Selected bibliography:
153, no. 1; 91, fig. 1 (ph.) (ed. pr.) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 40 (1990): 1493
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3147 (ph., dr.)
Inscription type:
epitaph
Location:
Findspot: On a tombstone situated in the center of the square hall adjoining the church.
Pres. loc.: Good Samaritan Museum, Maʿale Adumim, inv. no. K29224.
Physical description :
Four-line inscription, beginning with a cross, carefully engraved on a tombstone (90 x 77 cm). The tombstone is decorated with a large deeply cut cross and two palm leaves. Beautifully shaped letters belonging to the round Byzantine alphabet.
Text:
☩ Θήκη Παύλου
πρεσβυτέρου
καὶ ἀρχιμανδρί-
του.
Translation:
Tomb of Paul, priest and archimandrite.
Date:
end of 5th or early years of 6th cent.
Summary:
Tombstone of Paul, at the centre of the square hall adjoining the church.
Paul was the abbot of Martyrius' monastery in the late 5th century. The title of archimandrite may refer either to his position as deputy to Theodosius, archimandrite of all the coenobia in the diocese of Jerusalem, or to his role as abbot of the monastery. The round Byzantine letters can be dated to the late 5th or early 6th century.