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E02637: Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription commemorating the paving of a church (naos) dedicated to *John the Baptist (S00020). Found at Riḥāb, between Bostra and Gerasa/Jerash (Jordan/Roman province of Arabia). Dated 604 or 619.
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posted on 2017-03-31, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiThe inscription is reportedly almost entirely complete. Here square brackets indicate passages which are not visible in the published photograph.
[+ ἐπὶ τ]οῦ ἁγιωτάτου καὶ μακαριωτάτου Πολυ[ε]ύκτου [ἀρχιεπισκ(όπου)]
[ἐψηφ]ώθη ὁ ναὸς οὗτος τοῦ ἁγίου (καὶ) Βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου ἐκ [τῶν προσόδων (?)]
[τοῦ ἁγίο]υ τόπου, ἐκ σπουδῆς Γεωργίου πρεσβ(υτέρου) (καὶ) περιοδευτο[ῦ - - -]
[ἐν μην]ὶ Ἀπελλαίῳ, χρόνων ὀγδόης ἰνδικτιõνος τ[οῦ . . . ἔτους]
'+ Under the most holy and the most blessed [archbishop] Polyeuktos was paved this church (naos) of the holy and Baptist John from [the incomes (?)] of the holy place, through the zeal of the presbyter Georgios and itinerant priest (periodeutes) [- - -]. In the month of Apellaios, in the times of the eighth indiction of the [... year].'
Text: SEG 51, 2040. Translation: P. Nowakowski.
In 2011 Piccirillo published a translation based on a photograph of the complete text, which is slightly different from the provisional transcription in SEG, suggesting that the right-hand end is longer than it had been supposed:
'At the time of the most holy and blessed archbishop and metropolitan Polyeuktos, this temple of Saint John the Baptist of Neon Kastron (?) was paved with mosaics by George the priest and visitor and by Severus the steward, in the month of Apellaios, in the 8th indiction of the year 514 of the province [= November - December AD 619].'
Text and translation: Piccirillo 2011, 104-105.
[+ ἐπὶ τ]οῦ ἁγιωτάτου καὶ μακαριωτάτου Πολυ[ε]ύκτου [ἀρχιεπισκ(όπου)]
[ἐψηφ]ώθη ὁ ναὸς οὗτος τοῦ ἁγίου (καὶ) Βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου ἐκ [τῶν προσόδων (?)]
[τοῦ ἁγίο]υ τόπου, ἐκ σπουδῆς Γεωργίου πρεσβ(υτέρου) (καὶ) περιοδευτο[ῦ - - -]
[ἐν μην]ὶ Ἀπελλαίῳ, χρόνων ὀγδόης ἰνδικτιõνος τ[οῦ . . . ἔτους]
'+ Under the most holy and the most blessed [archbishop] Polyeuktos was paved this church (naos) of the holy and Baptist John from [the incomes (?)] of the holy place, through the zeal of the presbyter Georgios and itinerant priest (periodeutes) [- - -]. In the month of Apellaios, in the times of the eighth indiction of the [... year].'
Text: SEG 51, 2040. Translation: P. Nowakowski.
In 2011 Piccirillo published a translation based on a photograph of the complete text, which is slightly different from the provisional transcription in SEG, suggesting that the right-hand end is longer than it had been supposed:
'At the time of the most holy and blessed archbishop and metropolitan Polyeuktos, this temple of Saint John the Baptist of Neon Kastron (?) was paved with mosaics by George the priest and visitor and by Severus the steward, in the month of Apellaios, in the 8th indiction of the year 514 of the province [= November - December AD 619].'
Text and translation: Piccirillo 2011, 104-105.
History
Evidence ID
E02637Saint Name
John the Baptist : S00020Saint Name in Source
Βαπτιστῆς ἸωάννηςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.) Archaeological and architectural - Cult buildings (churches, mausolea)Language
- Greek