Church/Monastery name:
Sussita - Cathedral
Inscription number:
6
Selected bibliography:
165, pl. 51, fig. 16 (ph.) | |
32 (ed. pr.) | |
136, no. 231 | |
91 | |
264, no. 13 | |
151, no. 221 |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 16 (1959): 825; 64 (2014): 1707
Inscription type:
acclamation
Location:
Findspt: In the mosaic floor in both smaller apses of the baptistery. Found during the 1952 salvage excavation.
Pres. location: In situ. (Łajtar)
Physical description :
Two identical mosaic inscriptions, each located at the centre of one of the side apses. The two words are interlaced in the shape of a cross, sharing the omega.
Text:
Φ
Ζ Ω Η Φῶς, Ζωή.
Σ
Translation:
Light, life.
Date:
second half of 6th cent.
Summary:
Two identical mosaic inscriptions with acclamations, in both smaller apses of the baptistery.