Motza (Colonia) - Church

Church/Monastery name:

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Eisenberg, E., 1974	64 (in Hebrew)
Meimaris, Y. E., 1986	173, no. 874 (ed. pr.)
Fischer, M., Isaac, B. and Roll, I., 1996	229, no. 5
Madden, A. M., 2014	50, no. 59

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Epigraphical corpora:

SEG 46 (1996): 2020.2

CIIP I.2 (2012): 855 (ph.)

Inscription type:

commemorative

Location:

Findspot: in the mosaic pavement of the chapel.

Pres. loc.: Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, IAA inv. no. 1947-5532/1. Autopsy: June 17, 2008 (Leah Di Segni); 3 October 2009 (Walter Ameling, Werner Eck).

Physical description :

Mosaic inscription consisting of three lines within a tabula ansata, in red tesserae. The lines are separated by rows of red tesserae. The letters are traced in black tesserae and belong to the round alphabet; OY in ligature. Lunate sigma, w-shaped omega. Stigma used as abbreviation mark at the end of l.3.

Meas.: h 33 cm, w 113 cm; letters 8 cm.

Text:

Ὑπὲρ μνήμης καὶ ἀ-

ναπαύσεως Κυρικοῦ

τοῦ διακόνου καὶ Μαρί(ας).

Translation:

For the memory and rest of Cyricus the deacon and Maria.

Apparatus:

Κυρι(α)κοῦ διακόνου καὶ Μαρίας Fischer et al.

Commentary:

There is no need to correct the name Κυρικός to Κυριακός: both are legitimate forms.

Summary:

Commemorative inscription of Cyricus the deacon and Maria within a tabula ansata, in the mosaic pavement of the chapel.

Contents

Ecclesiastical titles:

deacon

Personal names:

Cyricus, Maria

Epigraphical formulae:

remembrance (mnêmê)

repose (anapausis, koimêsis)

Epigraphical Abbreviations:

stigma, OY in ligature