Sussita - Cathedral

Church/Monastery name:

Sussita - Cathedral

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Epstein, C. and Tzaferis, V., 1991	90 (ed. pr.)
Gregg, R. C. and Urman, D., 1996	21
Łajtar, A., 2013	263, no. 11

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Epigraphical corpora:

SEG 64 (2014): 1705

Inscription type:

boundary

Location:

Findspot: Inscribed on the threshold of the central entrance leading from the atrium to the church interior. Found during salvage excavations of the early 1950s.

Pres. location: In situ. (Łajtar)

Text:

Ἐκκλησία

Translation:

Church.

Commentary:

According to Łajtar, this marks the beginning point of ‘sacred space’ comparable to ὅροι of Christian and pre-Christian sanctuaries.

Date:

second half of 6th cent.

Summary:

Boundary of sacred space of the church, inscribed on the threshold of the central doorway.

Contents

Definitions of building/part of building:

ekklesia