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Western Galilee. Evron. 415 CE - 490 CE. Mosaic Floor. Invocation/Dedication.

Transcription

Κύριε μνήσθι τοῦ δούλου Σου Ἀλέξων τοῦ διακόνου τοῦ ἀναπαυθέντος, τοῦ πατρός Σοββίνου καί Ἀλέξωνος διακόνου και Γερμανοῦ τοῦ ἀναγνώστου τῶν καρποφορισάν των τά δυο διακονικά

Translation

Lord, remember your servant Alexon, the deacon, who lay in repose, father Sobbinos and Alexon, the deacon, and Germanos .... the reader, who contributed the two diaconica.

Diplomatic

ΚΥΜΝΙϹΘΙΤΟΥΔΟΥΛΟΥϹΟΥΑΛΕΞΩΝΤΟΥΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΥΤΟΥΑΝΑΠΑΥS ΤΟΥΠΑΤΡΟϹϹΟΒΒΙΝΟΥΚΑΙΑΛΕΞSΔΙΑΚΟSΚΑΙΓΕΡΜΑΝ ΑΝΑΓΝΩϹΤ ΚΑΡΠΟΦΟΡΙϹΑΝ ΤΑΔΥΟΔΙΑΚΟΝΙΚΑ

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Notes
One of thirteen Greek mosaic inscriptions found at a Christian church at Evron. The dedicatory mosaic is rectangular with a white background bordered by a black rectangle. There is an area of circular damage above the bottom right corner of the mosaic which affects lines eight and nine of the inscription. The church was constructed in three stages, the first in the 415 CE, the second in 442-443 CE, and the third in 490 CE. This inscription describes a minor official, the ἀναγνώστου (anagnostes or the reader-lector), who read from the Holy Scriptures to worshippers. The names Sobbios and Germanos are Latin in origin, while the name Alexon is Semitic. Abbreviations are indicated in the text with an S symbol. The inscription makes use of lunate sigmas.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

415 CE to 490 CE

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Figures

  • square border around inscription

Bibliography

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Other sources

  • Tzaferis, Vassilios. “The Greek Inscriptions from the Early Christian Church at Evron.” Eretz-Israel 19 (1987): 36–53.
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