Church/Monastery name:
Ḥorvat Beer Shem'a; Birsama - St. Stephanos
Inscription number:
2
Selected bibliography:
77*-78*, no. 3, fig. 5 (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
597-598, no. 659 (Feissel) | |
45, no. 49 |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 46 (1996): 2006
Inscription type:
commemorative
dedicatory
Location:
In the mosaic pavement to the right (i.e. south) of the baptismal font.
Physical description :
Ten-line mosaic inscription within a rectangular frame.
Text:
Ύπὲρ σω-
τηρίας
Ἀλφίου
4 καὶ παν-
τὸς τοῦ
οἴκου αὐ-
τοῦ καὶ ἀ-
8 ναπαύσε-
ως Διονυ-
σίας.
Translation:
For the salvation of Alphios and of all his family and for the rest of Dionysia. (Tzaferis)
Summary:
Ten-line commemorative mosaic inscription within a rectangular frame, in the floor of the baptistry chapel.