Khirbet el-Makhrum - THEOGNIUS

Church/Monastery name:

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Corbo, V. C., 1954	572 (ed. pr.)
Corbo, V. C., 1955	152-153, pl. 45.143 (ph.)
Ovadiah, R. and Ovadiah, A., 1987	94, no.157
Madden, A. M., 2014	104, no. 142

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Epigraphical corpora:

SEG 37 (1987): 1498

CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3291 (ph.)

Inscription type:

dedicatory

Location:

In the mosaic pavement at the southern entrance to the courtyard (Room 2) of the monastery.

Physical description :

Eight-line mosaic inscription inside a medallion made of two large circles of black tesserae; letters in black on a white background, lines divided by rows of red tesserae.

Meas.: ø 130 cm.

Text:

Ὑπὲρ

σωτηρίας κ(αὶ)

ἀντιλήμψεως

4 τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμ-

ῶν Αιγλωνος ἡγ-

ουμένου κ(αὶ) τῆς ἐν

Χ(ριστ)ῷ συνοδίας

8 αὐτοῦ.

Translation:

For the salvation and succor of our holy father, Abbot Aiglon and his community in Christ. (CIIP)

Summary:

Dedicatory inscription of Abbot Aiglon in the mosaic pavement of the courtyard entrance to the complex of the monastery.

Contents

Monastical titles:

abbot/hegumen

Epithets of clergy/monks:

father

most saintly (hosiotatos)

Personal names:

Aiglon

Epigraphical formulae:

succour (antilêpsis, boêqeia)

salvation/preservation (sôtêria)

community in Christ

Epigraphical Abbreviations:

stigmas, horizontal stroke over nomen sacrum