Church/Monastery name:
Ashdod Yam (Azotos Paralios) - Church of the Deaconesses
Inscription number:
5
Inscription type:
epitaph
Location:
In the northern aisle, west of no. 4.
Physical description :
The letters belong to the square alphabet and are 8.5-11.5 cm high.
Text:
0 [Ὑπὲρ μνήμ-]
[ης Θεοδ]οσίας
2 τῆς διακόνου.
Ἐκυμήθη ἡ φι-
4 λόχ(ριστο)ς ἐν μηνὶ
Δεσίου εκ′ δ′
6 ἔτους ϙρ′
Translation:
[For the memory of Theod]osia the deaconess. The Christ-loving one fell
asleep in the month of Daisios, the 25th, year 194.
Given date:
year
month
day of the month
Date:
19 July 442 CE.
Summary:
Funerary inscription of deaconess Theodosia dated to 19 July 442 CE.