Ḥorvat Beer Shem'a; Birsama - St. Stephanos

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
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
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.

Contents
Personal names: 
Alphius, Dionysia
Kinship terms: 
kin (oikos, diaferontes)
Epigraphical formulae: 
repose (anapausis, koimêsis)
salvation/preservation (sôtêria)