Ḥorvat Beth Loya - Church

Inscription number: 
3
Epigraphical corpora: 

SEG 35 (1985): 1540

CIIP IV.2 (2018): 3751 (ph., dr.)

Inscription type: 
quotation
Location: 

Findspot: Ground floor of the bell tower.

Pres. loc.: In situ. Autopsy: 6 June 2014 (Werner Eck).

Physical description : 

White mosaic floor with a circular medallion; crude layout of the text.

Meas.: ø 59 cm; letters 5-10 cm.

Text: 

      ☩ Κ(ύριο)ς

      φυλάξι

      τὴν εἴσο-

4    δον σου κ(αὶ)

      τὴν ἔξο-

      δον σου.

Translation: 

The Lord will guard your entrance and your exit. (CIIP)

Summary: 

Mosaic inscription with a Psalm quotation within a circular medallion, in the ground floor of the bell tower.

Citations from LXX / NT: 
Ps. 120 (121):8
Epigraphical Abbreviations: 
small diagonal stroke for κ(αί)