Nazareth - Church of the Annunciation

Church/Monastery name:

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Vlaminck, B., 1900	3 (dr.)
Horning, R., 1909	120 (ed. pr.)
Viaud, P., 1910	87-88, fig. 43 (dr.)
Avi-Yonah, M., 1934	36, no. 271.2
Bagatti, B., 1956	361n8

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Epigraphical corpora:

SEG 8 (1937): 14; 19 (1963): 906

Inscription type:

dedicatory

Location:

In the mosaic pavement to the west of the Chapel of the Angel.

Physical description :

Four-line mosaic inscription within a square frame. The first two letters ΠΡ are written as a monogram, and the word διακό(νου) is abbreviated by a small overhanging omega and a diagonal stroke on the leg of the kappa.

Text:

Πρ(οσφορὰ) Κώνω-

νος διακό(νου)

Ἱεροσολ-

ύμων.

Translation:

Offering of Conon, deacon of Jerusalem.

Apparatus:

L.1 Πρ(οσφορὰ) Bagatti, Π(α)ρ(ὰ) Viaud, Avi-Yonah.

Summary:

Four-line dedicatory inscription of Conon the deacon of Jerusalem, in the mosaic pavement of the Chapel of the Angel.

Contents

Ecclesiastical titles:

deacon

Geographical names:

Jerusalem

Personal names:

Conon

Epigraphical formulae:

offering (prosphorá/karpophoria)

Epigraphical Abbreviations:

monogram of ΠΡ for Πρ(οσφορὰ), small overhanging omicron and small diagonal stroke over kappa for διακό(νου)