Church/Monastery name:
Sussita - Southwest Church (SWC)
Inscription number:
1
Selected bibliography:
57-59 (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
272-273, no. 21, fig. 337 (ph.) | |
204-205, no. 1, figs. 1-2 (phs.) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 64 (2014): 1714
Inscription type:
dedicatory
Location:
Findspot: In the mosaic pavement at the entrance of presbytery, in the middle of the western border of the bema and adjacent to the main gate, between the chancel screens. Discovered in 2007 during the conservation of the mosaics.
Pres. loc.: In situ.
Physical description :
Mosaic inscription in black letters on white ground within guilloche pattern.
Meas.: h 20, w 49.5 cm; letters 4.5-7.5 cm.
Text:
Προσφορὰ
Σιμονίου πρ-
εσβίτερος.
Translation:
Offering of Simonius the priest.
Date:
late 6th / early 7th cent.
Summary:
Three-line dedicatory mosaic inscription of Simonius the priest, at entrance of presbytery.