Church/Monastery name:
Jabaliyah; el-Mkheitim - Church
Inscription number:
10
Selected bibliography:
401, no. 11, pl. V.c (ed. pr.) | |
584, no. 502 (Feissel) | |
67, no. 81 |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 50 (2000): 1489
CIIP III (2014): 2452 (dr.)
Inscription type:
signature of worker
Location:
In the mosaic pavement at the northern passage from the central room of the baptistery (Locus 11) to the room adjoining it to the west (Locus 12).
Physical description :
Six-line mosaic inscription inside a square field; dark border and dark letters.
Meas.: letters 5.6-6.4 cm.
Text:
Ἔργον ψηφο-
θετῶν Ἀσκα-
λωνιτῶν Βί-
4 κτωρος κ(αὶ) Κοσ-
μᾶ, Ἀσκαλω-
νιτ(ῶν) ἔτους βνχʹ.
Translation:
Work of the mosaicists Victor and Cosmas from Ascalon; in the year of the Ascalonites 652. (CIIP)
Given date:
year
era
Date:
548/9 AD
Summary:
Signature of the mosaicists Victor and Cosmas within a square frame, in the western threshold of the central room of the baptistery, 548/9 AD.
Epigraphical Abbreviations:
stigma, diagonal stroke for κ(αί), ΟΥ in ligature, horizontal stroke for numerals
Year 652 (era of Askalon) = 548/549 AD.