Sussita - Southwest Church (SWC)

Church/Monastery name: 
Sussita - Southwest Church (SWC)
Inscription number: 
5
Inscription type: 
commemorative
Location: 

At the western part of the nane, to the left of inscription no. 4.

Illustrative material: 
Physical description : 

A four lines inscription in a tabula ansata. Some letters are missing.

Text: 

1 ῾Y[πὲρ μνήμ]η ς καὶ ἀ⸌ν⸍-

2 [απ(αύσεως) πρε]σβ(υτέρου) Αἰλίου

3 ἀδ(ελφοῦ) μ (ου) [κα]ὶ Μεγά(λου) κα-

4 ὶ Ε[ὐσε]βίου

Translation: 

For the memory and rest of - -, priest, and of Aelius deacon and of Megas and of Eusebius (l. Di Segni).

Commentary: 

Di Segni's reading and translation differs from that given in the ed. pr. 

Summary: 

A four lines inscription in the western part of the nave, commemorating four people.

Contents
Ecclesiastical titles: 
deacon
presbyter
Personal names: 
Aelius, Megas, Eusebius
Epigraphical formulae: 
remembrance (mnêmê)
repose (anapausis, koimêsis)