E01297: Floor-mosaic with a Greek dedicatory inscription to a certain saint *Anastasia (perhaps a local martyr, S00457), as 'a bride and spouse of Christ'. Found in the basilica in Arkasa (island of Karpathos, Aegean Islands). Probably 5th c.

Ἀναστασίαν νύμφην καὶ σύνζυ-
γον τοῦ Χ(ριστο)ῦ ἥνπερ ἐξεγόρασεν διὰ
τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ζω-
ῆς δόξης περιβεβλημμένην καὶ πεπυκιλμένην δοξάζοντες ἐγὼ
ὁ ἁμαρτολὸς καὶ ἐλεεινὸς
Κύρος ἐπισκόπος οἵ τε εὐλαβεὶς
κ(αὶ) θεοφιλεὶς κληρικοὶ τὸν τόπον
ἐκοσμήσαμεν ἐν μ(ηνὶ) Ἰουνίῳ κ΄ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) γ'. +
+ Κ(ύρι)ε μνήσθετι ἐν τῇ βασιλίᾳ σου τῶν καρπο-
φόρων Ὑακίνθου ἐνδοξοτάτου κουβικου-
λαρίου κ(αὶ) Ἰσιδόρου ἐπιτρ(όπου) δεσπο(τικοῦ) κ(αὶ) Ἰωάν-
νου ἐλεοπράτου κ(αὶ) Κυριακοῦ νοταρίου
κ(αὶ) Γεοργίου κ(αὶ) Κοσμᾶ ψηφοθέτου +

8. κ(αὶ) Pelekanides, Atzaka

'I, the sinful and miserable Kyros, bishop, and the pious and dear-to-God clerics, embellished the room (topos) on the 20th of the month of June, in the 3rd indiction year, gloryfing Anastasia, the bride and spouse of Christ, whom the Champion of Life redeemed by his own blood. She is enshrouded in glory and adorned. +

+ O Lord, remember in your Kingdom the contributors: Hyakinthos, endoxotatos koubikoularios, and Isidoros, the imperial steward (epitropos), and Ioannes, the olive merchant, and Kyriakos, the notary, and Georgios, and Kosmas, the mosaicist!'

Text: Pelekanides & Atzaka 1988, 60, no. 5. Translation: E. Rizos, P. Nowakowski.