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EVRO0007

Evron, 415 CE. Mosaic. Invocation.

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ψο βλπ Δύστρου, ἔτους γξυ. Ἐπί σχου ἐπισκόπου έου χωρεπισκόπου, Σαμάκωνος πρεσβυτέρου, Ἰουλιανοῦ ἀρχιδιακόνου Ζαδάκων Εὐθαλίου καί Η ησου διακόνων, Μαξιμωνος Γεράσωνος ὑπόδιακόνων καί Ἱωάννους, Δομνίνου, Γερμανοῦ τῶν ἀναγνωστῶν. Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ μνήσκου τοῦ δούλου σου Ἰουλιανοῦ καί Παύλου τοῦ ψηφοθέτου Κεμλου ι Στρατηγίου

Translation

... Dystros, in the year 463 (=415 CE), in the time of ..., the bishop, ...eos, the county-bishop, ... Samacon, the priest, Ioulianos the archdeacon, Zadacon, ... Euthalios ... the deacons, Maximon ...rason the subdeacons, and Ioannis, Domninos, Germanos the readers. Lord Jesus Christ, remember your servant Ioulianos and Paulus the mosaicist. ... Strategios.

Diplomatic

ΨΟ ΒΛΠ ΔΥϹΤΡΟΥΕΤΟΥϹΓΞΥΕΠΙ ϹΧΟΥΕΠΙϹΚ ΕΟΥΧΩΡΕΠΙϹΚ ΑΚΩΝΟϹΠΡΕϹΒΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΥΑΡ ΑΚSΖΑΔΑΚΩΝ ΕΥΘΑΛΙΟΥΚΗ ΗϹΟΥΔΙΑΚΚΜΑΞΙΜΩ ΡΑϹΩΝΟϹΥΠΔΙΑΚΚΑΙΙΩΑΝΝΟΥϹΔΟΜΝΙΝ ΥΓΕΡΜΑΝΟΥΤΩΝ ΑΓΝΩϹΤΩΝ ΧΡΕΜΝΗϹΚΟΥΤ ΔΟΥΛΟΥϹΟΥΙΟΥΛΑΝΟΥΚΑΙΠΑΥΛΟΥΤΟΥΨΗΦΟΘΕΤΟΥ ΚΕΜΛΟΥΙϹΤΡΑΤΗΓΙΟΥ

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Notes
One of thirteen Greek mosaic inscriptions found at a Christian church at Evron. The church was constructed in three stages, the first in the 415 CE (when this inscription was made), the second in 442-443 CE, and the third in 490 CE. This inscription records the year as 463 according to the calendar of Ptolemais-Acre. The mosaic utilizes green glass tesserae, which had thus far only been known to appear in mosaics dating from the sixth century and later. This dedicatory inscription is made of black tiles on a white background, and lines one through nineteen are surrounded with a rectangular black border. The inscription contains three monogramatic crosses. There is a small monogramatic cross at the end of line fifteen and line nineteen. Between lines lines nineteen and twenty there is a very large monogramatic cross inside of a circle. The cross and the circle are both composed of black border tiles and white interiors. The twentieth and twenty-first lines are upside down in relation to the rest of the inscription. The inscription includes a number of minor officials's titles. These are the χωρεπίσκοπος (Chorepiscopos) a representative of the bishop with little authority; the ἀναγνώστου (anagnostes or the reader-lector), who read from the Holy Scriptures to worshippers; the ψηφοθέτης (psiphotetes) an artisan who laid mosaics; and the υποδιάκων (subdeacon) who assisted the deacon. The names Euthalios, Paulus, and Strategios are of Greek origin, while the names Germanos, Domninos, Ioulianos, and Maximon are of Latin origin. The editor also notes that the names Zadacon and Samacon are of Semitic origin and that the name Ioannis is Semitic-Hellenized. The inscription makes use of lunate sigmas. On line 9 of the inscription, the author records an S character which seems to be an abbreviation mark.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

415 CE to 415 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Monogramatic Cross end of lines 15 and 19, and between lines 19 and 20

  • Square border around lines 1-19 and the monogramatic cross

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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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