267-268, pl. 51.104 (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
126, no. 25 | |
40-41, pl. 17.49-50 (phs.) | |
111, no. 161 | |
128-129, no. 186 |
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3287 (ph., dr.)
In the mosaic pavement of the bakery (Room 44).
A white pavement with two short Greek inscriptions. Black tesserae; above the upsilon in inscription (a) is an abbreviation mark made of red tesserae. According to Corbo and Bagatti, the right end of (b) was destroyed in a fall of stones from the walls or the vaults, as well as the two last transcribed letters of l.1 which were destroyed shortly before the photos were taken.
Meas.: (a) letters 7.5-10.5 cm; (b) letters (l.1) 6.5-11, (l.2) 6-9, (l.3) 8.5-10 cm.
(a) [Κ]ύ(ριε), βο(ή)θ(ει).
(b) Κ(ύριο)ς φυλάσι [σε?]
ἀπὸ ˹π˺αν[τὸς]
κακο(ῦ).
(a) Lord, help!
(b) The Lord protects [you?] from all evil.
(b) l.1 φυλάσ(α)ι Bagatti 1952, Corbo, φυλάσ(σ)<ε> Bagatti 1953, but it is best to consider ΦΥΛΑΣΙ a reduced, phonetic spelling for φυλασσει, indicative.
Invocation of the Lord and Psalms quotation in the mosaic pavement of the bakery (Room 44).
Corbo identified the cross below (a) as a representation of Golgotha (the cross was made of red and black tesserae). He identified another representation of the calvary at the upper right of inscription (b). The second inscription is a quote from Ps. 120 (121):7.