Church/Monastery name:
Ashdod Yam (Azotos Paralios) - Church of the Deaconesses
Inscription number:
12
Inscription type:
dedicatory
Location:
In Room 1, located at the northern end of the narthex, in front of the entrance from the narthex.
Text:
ἐκ θ[εμ]ελίων ἐπὶ Προκοπίου τοῦ [ὁσ]ιωτ(άτου)
κ(αὶ) ἁγιωτ(άτου) ἡμῶν ἐπισκ(όπου) ἐν μη(νὶ) Δίῳ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) γ′ το͜ῦ βϙσ′
4 ἔτους
Translation:
[By the grace of God (or: of Christ) this] work was done from the foundations
under Procopius, our most saintly and most holy bishop, in the
month Dios of the 3rd indiction, year 292.
Given date:
year
month
indiction
Date:
539/40 CE.
Summary:
Building inscription of bishop Procopius.