Church/Monastery name:
Jerusalem (Old city) - Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Martyrion / Basilica of Constantine)
Inscription number:
2
Selected bibliography:
346-347 (ed. pr.) | |
I, 174; III, ph. 115.5 | |
II, 211, no. 4 |
Epigraphical corpora:
CIIP I.2 (2012): 788 (ph.)
Location:
Found in the excavation under the chapel of the Discovery of the Cross (Corbo, 1981 pls. 3, 4, 6, chapel 30).
On a moveable object:
chancel screen
Physical description :
Fragment of right upper corner of a chancel screen. White marble, engraved double frame. On the upper border above the frame, three Greek letters, followed by a cross. The first is a iota according to Corbo, but might also be the remnant of an upright letter. Round omicron and sigma.
Meas.: h 28, w 35, d 6 cm.
Text:
[--]ΙΟΣ ☩
Summary:
Fragment of chancel screen with remains of inscription.