Ascalon (Newe Yam) - Funerary Chapel

Church/Monastery name:

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Seriy, G., 2012
Ustinova, Y. and Seriy, G., 2018	152, no. 1, fig. 7 (ph.) (ed. pr.)

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Inscription type:

building

Location:

At the northern end of the mosaic pavement (near W25) of the roofed chamber of the chapel, positioned to be read from the northern entrance (L906).

Physical description :

Three-line mosaic inscription. The first Σ is square, while the second is lunate. The O is drop-shaped, and the last letter of the inscription, possibly K, is unclear.

Text:

Ἔτους ςμ-

χ΄ μη(νὶ) Δεσίο-

υ ακ΄.

Translation:

In the year 646, in the month of Daisios, the 21.

Commentary:

21 Daisios 646 according to era of Ascalon (104 BC) gives 15 July 543 AD, a precise date for the construction of the ‎burial structure.

Given date:

year

month

day of the month

Date:

15 July 543

Summary:

Dated mosaic building inscription at the north end of the roofed chamber of the chapel, 15 July 543.

Epigraphical Abbreviations:

overhanging eta for μη(νί), horizontal stroke (?) for numerals