Jabaliyah; el-Mkheitim - Church

Church/Monastery name:

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Epigraphical corpora:

SEG 50 (2000): 1481

CIIP III (2014): 2444 (dr.)

Inscription type:

funerary

invocation/prayer

Location:

In the mosaic pavement at the passage from the central nave of the basilica (Locus 5) to the central carpet of the diaconicon (Locus 8).

Physical description :

Five-line mosaic inscription of red tesserae on white backgroung. A border is only indicated by the orientation of the tesserae.

Meas.: letters 8 cm.

Text:

   Ὑπὲρ ἀναπαύσε-

   ως. Ἱλαρίων ANA+[--]

   TOY ἐν μενὶ Ξανθικ-

4 οῦ ἓξ καὶ δεκάτου

   τοῦ ηπφʹ ἔτους.

Translation:

On behalf of the rest. Hilarion ... (died) on Xanthikos 16th, year 588. (CIIP)

Apparatus:

Ll.2-3: ἀνα[γνώσ]|του Saliou, SEG, but Koßmann apud CIIP notes that there is not enough space for these letters.

Commentary:

16th of Xanthikos, year 588 (era of Gaza) = 6 April 528 AD.

Given date:

year

month

day of the month

Date:

6 April 528

Summary:

Unframed funerary mosaic inscription of Hilarion, at the northern threshold of the central nave of the basilica, 6 April 528.

Contents

Personal names:

Hilarion

Epigraphical formulae:

repose (anapausis, koimêsis)

Epigraphical Abbreviations:

horizontal stroke for numerals