Church/Monastery name:
Sussita - Cathedral
Inscription number:
2
Selected bibliography:
24 (ed. pr.) | |
165, pl. 51, figs. 14-15 (phs.) | |
32, pl. IV.3-4 | |
273-274, no. 58, fig. 66 | |
23, no. 17 | |
263-264, no. 12 |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 16 (1959): 824; 46 (1996): 1938; 64 (2014): 1706
Inscription type:
building
Location:
Findspot: Engraved on a chancel screen, found broken into fragments during the 1952 salvage excavation, partly preserved in situ, between the presbytery and the reast of the church, and partly strewn over the floor in the vicinity.
Pres. location: Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
On a moveable object:
chancel screen
Physical description :
Marble screen of the chancel collected from numerous fragments joined together. H. 87cm, width not available. See Łajtar for detailed description.
Text:
☩ Ἐν χρ(όνοις) Προκοπίου πρεσβυτέρου. ☩
Translation:
In the time of priest Procopius.
Date:
ca. 591
Summary:
Marble plate from a chancel screen mentioning Procopius the priest.
Epigraphical Abbreviations:
stigma