Church/Monastery name:
Bir al Hamam - Chapel
Inscription number:
2
Selected bibliography:
201-202, fig. 9b (ph.) (ed. pr.) |
Inscription type:
dedicatory
Location:
In mosaic pavement in the "refectory" of the chapel.
Illustrative material:
Physical description :
Fragmentary three-line mosaic inscription written in red tesserae, 8-10 mm high, on a white background within tabula ansata.
Text:
Tentative restoration:
[Ὑπὲρ εὐχῆς (?) κα]ὶ σωτηρίας
[τῶν φιλοχρ]ίστων καὶ
[εὐσεβῶ]ν (?) ἀρμιγέρων.
Translation:
[For the prayer] and salvation of the Christ-loving and [pious] armigers.
Summary:
Fragmentary dedicatory mosaic inscription of armigers within a tabula ansata, in the "refectory" of the chapel.
Latin armiger, Greek ἀρμίγερος, used once by John Lydus (De magistratibus populo Romani) in a list of various types of military functions.