392-393, no. 1, pl. I.a (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
584, no. 502 (Feissel) | |
64, no. 81 |
SEG 50 (2000): 1480
CIIP III (2014): 2443 (dr.)
In the mosaic pavement at the centre of the southern aisle of the basilica (Locus 2).
Damaged eight-line mosaic inscription within a medallion framed by a square; letters made of multi-colored tesserae on white background.
Meas.: letters 10 cm.
Ἐπὶ Ζη-
[ν]οβίο[υ]+ΟΥ
ἐπισκόπου καὶ
4 Δωροθέου καὶ Ζο-
ναίνου πρεσβύτε-
ροι ἐψηφώθη
τοῦ ζνφʹ
8 ἔτους.
The mosaic was laid under bishop Zenobius and under Dorotheus and Zonainus, priests, in the year 557. (CIIP)
Ll.1-2.: Ζη|[ν]οβίο[υ] τοῦ Saliou; l.3: ἐπησκόπου Saliou, but Pleket apud SEG notes that the second vertical hasta is far from certain.
Mosaic building inscription within a medallion, at the centre of the southern aisle of the basilica, 496/7 AD.
Year 557 (era of Gaza) = 496/497 AD.