Wadi Suweinit; el- Maqtara; el Aleiliyat - FIRMINUS

Church/Monastery name: 
Wadi Suweinit; el- Maqtara; el Aleiliyat - FIRMINUS
Inscription number: 
3
Selected bibliography: 
291-298, pl. 61 (ph., dr.) (ed. pr.)
69-70, no. 3, fig. 3 (dr.)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

CIIP IV.1 (2018): 2806 (ph., dr.)

Inscription type: 
dedicatory
invocation/prayer
Location: 

At the eastern side of a white mosaic pavement in the southern part of a ruined building (6.8x6.6 m), 1400 m east of the cluster of caves at el-ʿAleiliyat.

Physical description : 

Christian Palestinian Aramaic (CPA) inscription on a mosaic floor found within a monastic complex in the Wadi Suweinit. The five lines of the text and the cross preceding it are set in black tesserae on a white background; the inscription is surrounded by a rectangular frame of two rows of white tesserae.

Meas.: (frame) h 66, w 89 cm.

Text: 

       ☩ מרא אקב[ל]

       קורבנה דקש-

       שא שילא דע-

4     בד דא זאו-

       יתא, אמינ.

Translation: 

May the Lord accept the offering of the priest Silas who made this cell, Amen.  (CIIP)

Apparatus: 

Ll.2-3 דקש[י]|שא Halloun and Rubin.

Summary: 

CPA dedicatory inscription of Silas the priest, in the mosaic pavement a ruined building 1400 m east of the cluster of caves at el-ʿAleiliyat.

Contents
Ecclesiastical titles: 
presbyter
Personal names: 
Silas
Epigraphical formulae: 
Lord/Christ, accept the offering…
amen