Christian building inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Sixth century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
availability: Creative Commons licence Attribution UK 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/) All reuse or distribution of this work must contain somewhere a link back to the URL http://inslib.kcl.ac.uk/

Bibliography

[...], 1, p.285, whence [...], 1961.835, [...] 18.747, whence [...] 324449; see also [...] 286; republished [...], 148 and plate 106.6. whence [...] 30.1784, [...] 324532; republished [...], 155.2; mentioned [...], 226.

ἐγένετο τοῦτο τὼ [sic] ἁγαθὸν ἔργον ἐπὶ Μηνᾶ τοῦ ὁϲιωτάτου ἡμῶν ἐπιϲκόπου κὲ φιλοκτίϲτου

Translations

This good work took place under Menas, our most holy bishop, lover of building.

Commentary

Line 4: It is possible that there was a short 5th line, of which all trace is now lost, giving the date by indiction.