Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription commemorating the laying of a mosaic and invoking a saint whose name is lost. Found near Mafraq (Roman province of Arabia). Probably 6th c.
Evidence ID
E02591
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
+ (?) ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοσεβοῦ Γεωργί[ου - - -]
ἐγένετο ἡ ψήφωσις· ἅγιε [- - -]
'+ Under the pious Georgios [- - -] was completed this mosaic. O, Saint [- - -]!'
Text: Gatier and Villeneuve 1993, no. 4.
Cult PlacesPrayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - lesser clergy
Cult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Renovation and embellishment of cult buildings
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - lesser clergy
Ecclesiastics - abbots
Source
Fragmentary mosaic panel. There is no published description. Seen and copied by a French traveller near Mafraq in north Jordan and first published by Pierre-Louis Gatier and François Villeneuve in 1993.Discussion
Gatier and Villeneuve suggest that our Georgios could be a priest or an abbot (higoumenos). The identity of the invoked saint is not known.Bibliography
Edition:Gatier, P.-L., Villeneuve, F., "Nouvelles mosaïques inscrites de Jordanie", Syria 70 (1993), 3-11, no. 4.
Reference works:
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 45, 2031.
Images
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From: Gatier & Villeneuve 1993, 10.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
22/03/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01744 | Saints, name lost or very partially preserved | Certain |
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