179, fig. 114 (ph.) | |
280-284, fig. 1, pl. 2 (phs., dr.) (ed. pr.) |
AE 2008: 1550
SEG 58 (2008): 1757
CIIP III (2014): 2536 (dr.)
In the mosaic pavement in the central nave of the church inside a tabula ansata.
Long two-line mosaic inscription inside a tabula ansata. For the text black tesserae were used, for the tabula ansata pink and brown tesserae. Ligatures, superscribed letters, abbreviation marks.
Meas.: letters l.1: 7.5-8 cm; l.2: 6.5-7 cm.
(star) Ἅγιος ὁ ναός σου, κύριε, θαυμαστὸς ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ. Προνοίᾳ Γεωργίου ἐνδοξοτ(άτου) (sprig)
ἰλλουστρ(ίου) καὶ - σὺν Θ(ε)ῷ - παντεπιτρ(όπου) κ(αὶ) Φιλίππου μεγαλοπρ(επεστάτου) κόμ(ητος) κ(αὶ) ἐπιτρ(όπου) ἐγένετο τὸ πᾶν ἔργ(ον) μη(νὶ) Ἀρτεμ(ισίῳ) <ἔ>το(υς) ϛμχ’.
Holy is your temple, o Lord, admirable in justice. By the providence of Georgius, the most glorious and illustrious and – with the help of god – supercurator, and of Philippus, the most magnificent count and curator, the whole work was finished in the month Artemision in the year 646. (CIIP)
Dated mosaic building inscription with Psalm quotation within tabula ansata, in the central nave of the church.
L.1 Includes a quotation from Ps. 64 (65):5, which is separated from the rest of the inscription by a word divisor.
L.2 Artemision in the year 646 of Gaza = April/May 586 AD.