Church/Monastery name:
Scythopolis/Beth Shean - KYRA MARIA
Inscription number:
5
Selected bibliography:
14, no. 3, pl. XX (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
408, no. 110, fig. 144 (ph.) | |
162, no. 237 |
Inscription type:
invocation/prayer
Location:
In the narthex (Room D), in front of the entrance to the chapel (Room C).
Physical description :
The inscription is framed in a tabula ansata.
Text:
Χ(ριστ)ὲ ὁ Θ(εὸ)ς σωτὴρ τοῦ κόσμ(ου) ἐλέησον
τὴν φιλ[όχ(ριστο)]ν κυρὰν Μαρίαν κ(αὶ) τὸν
ταύτ[ης υἱ]ὸν Μάξημον κ(αὶ) ἀνά-
4 παυσον τοὺς αὐτῶν γωνεῖς
εὐχαῖς πάντων τῶν ἁγίων. Ἀμίν.
Translation:
O Christ the God, saviour of the world, have mercy upon the Christ-loving Lady Mary and her son Maximus, and grant rest to their forefathers, through the prayers of all the saints. Amen.
Apparatus:
L.3 Μάξ⟨ι⟩μον: the final Ν lacks the middle bar; l.4 γ⟨ο⟩νεῖς; l.5 ἀμ⟨ή⟩ν.
Date:
before 567
Summary:
Mosaic inscription set in tabula ansata in the narthex (Room D), in front of the entrance to the chapel.
Epigraphical Abbreviations:
twisted stroke, horizontal stroke over nomen sacrum, monogrammed ΟΥ above Μ in κόσμ(ου)
The status of Lady Mary as founder of the church is attested by the inscription in the southeastern corner of the chapel.