Ashdod Yam (Azotos Paralios) - Church of the Deaconesses

Church/Monastery name: 
Ashdod Yam (Azotos Paralios) - Church of the Deaconesses
Inscription number: 
11
Inscription type: 
epitaph
Location: 

A fragment of marble plaque discovered in a foundation trench of the modern villa now encroaching on the central and southern part of the church.

Physical description : 

Fragmentary.

Text: 

διάκονος.

Translation: 

deacon.

Summary: 

A fragmentary tombstone of a deacon. Dated epigraphically to the second half of the 5th or early 6th century.

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Ecclesiastical titles: 
deacon