Bir al Hamam - Chapel

Church/Monastery name:

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

202, fig. 9c (ph.) (ed. pr.)

Inscription type:

commemorative

Location:

In mosaic pavement in the "refectory" of the chapel.

Illustrative material:

Illustrative_material

Photos

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 μνήμης καὶ ἀνα]πάυ-

[σεως - - - καὶ (?) Μαρ]ίνου or Σαβ]ίνου

[τῶν ἀδελφῶν φιλοχρ]ίστω(ν).

Translation:

[For the memory and] rest [of - - - and Mar]inus (or Sabinus or other name ending in -inos) [the] Christ-loving [brothers].

Summary:

Fragmentary commemorative mosaic inscription, in the center of the "refectory".

Contents

Titles/epithets of patrons/dedicators:

Christ loving

Personal names:

Marinus (?), Sabinus (?)

Kinship terms:

siblings

Epigraphical formulae:

remembrance (mnêmê)

repose (anapausis, koimêsis)

Epigraphical Abbreviations:

horizontal stroke for [φιλοχρ]ίστω(ν)