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E02044: Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription commemorating the completion of a church (naos) dedicated to *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073) and its paving with a mosaic. Found at Riḥāb, between Bostra and Gerasa/Jerash (Jordan/the Roman province of Arabia). Dated 635.
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posted on 2016-11-25, 00:00 authored by Bryanχάριτι Ἰησοῦ [Χ]ριστοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτήρος ἡμῶν ἐκτίσθη κ(αὶ)
ἐψηφόθη καὶ ἐτελιώθη ὁ ναὸς τοῦ ἁγίου Μηνᾶ, ἐπὶ Θεοδό-
ρου τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου καὶ θεοτιμήτου μητροπολίτου, ἐκ προσφο-
ρᾶς Προκοπίου Μαρτυρίου καὶ Κομητίσσης συμβίου καὶ τέκν-
ων αὐτῶν, ὑπὲρ ἀφήσεως ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ ἀναπαύσε-
ος γ[ον]έον. [ἐ]γράφη ἐν μηνὶ Μαρτίῳ χρόνον ὀγδόης ἰν(δικτιῶνος) τοῦ [ἔτους] φκθ΄
'Through the grace of Jesus Christ, God and our Saviour, the church (naos) of Saint Menas was founded and paved with mosaics, and completed. Under the most holy and God-fearing metropolitan (bishop) Theodoros, from the offering of Prokopios, son of Martyrios, and Kometissa, (his) wife, and their children. As a vow for the remission of sins and the repose of (his) parents. (This) was written in the month of March, in the time of the eighth indiction, the year 529.'
Text: Piccirillo 1981, 76-77. Translation: P. Nowakowski.
ἐψηφόθη καὶ ἐτελιώθη ὁ ναὸς τοῦ ἁγίου Μηνᾶ, ἐπὶ Θεοδό-
ρου τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου καὶ θεοτιμήτου μητροπολίτου, ἐκ προσφο-
ρᾶς Προκοπίου Μαρτυρίου καὶ Κομητίσσης συμβίου καὶ τέκν-
ων αὐτῶν, ὑπὲρ ἀφήσεως ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ ἀναπαύσε-
ος γ[ον]έον. [ἐ]γράφη ἐν μηνὶ Μαρτίῳ χρόνον ὀγδόης ἰν(δικτιῶνος) τοῦ [ἔτους] φκθ΄
'Through the grace of Jesus Christ, God and our Saviour, the church (naos) of Saint Menas was founded and paved with mosaics, and completed. Under the most holy and God-fearing metropolitan (bishop) Theodoros, from the offering of Prokopios, son of Martyrios, and Kometissa, (his) wife, and their children. As a vow for the remission of sins and the repose of (his) parents. (This) was written in the month of March, in the time of the eighth indiction, the year 529.'
Text: Piccirillo 1981, 76-77. Translation: P. Nowakowski.
History
Evidence ID
E02044Saint Name
Menas, soldier and martyr Abu Mena : S00073Saint Name in Source
ΜηνᾶςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.) Archaeological and architectural - Cult buildings (churches, mausolea)Language
- Greek