File(s) not publicly available
E02339: Floor mosaic with a Greek inscription commemorating the building, paving and embellishment of a church (naos) of *Thomas, probably the Apostle (S00199). Found at Khirbat Sa'ad, c. 10 km to the northeast of Gersa/Jerash (Jordan/Roman province of Arabia) but probably within the territory of Bostra. Dated 572.
online resource
posted on 2017-02-06, 00:00 authored by pnowakowski[χάριτι θεοῦ κ]αὶ Κ(υρίο)υ Ἰ(ησο)ῦ Χ(ριστο)ῦ ἐθεμηλιώθη
[καὶ ἐψηφώθ]η καὶ ἐκοσμήθη ὁ ναὸς τοῦ
[ἁγίου Θ]ωμᾶ <ἐκ> τῆς ὑποστάσεως Γεροντίου
[- - -] καὶ Ἠλίου αὐτοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ σωτ(ηρίας) Πορφυρίας
[συμ]β(ίου) πρ(οτέρας) αὐτοῦ υἱοῦ τῶν κ(αὶ) ἀναλωσάντων.
[Κ(ύρι)ε Ἰη]σοῦς πρόσδεξ(αι) τὴν καρποφορίαν. ἐψη(φώθη)
[χρ(όνοις) τῆ]ς παρού(σης) ε΄ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ἔτου(ς) υξζ΄. μνήσθητι ὁ θ(εὸ)ς εὐχαῖς
[τοῦ ἁ]γίου τοῦ λαμπρ(οτάτου) ζυγοστ(άτου) Βόστρων κ(υρίου) Ἰωάννου
3. <ἐκ> Feissel || 7. [χρ(όνοις) τῆ]ς παρού(σης) ε΄ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ἔτου(ς) Feissel, [- - -]ς παρ(- - -) ε΄ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ἔτ(ους) Sari || 8. [τοῦ ἁ]γίου Feissel, [- - -]ιου Sari || Βόστρων κ(υρίου) Ἰωάννου Feissel, ζυγοστ(άτου) Βόστρων κ(αὶ) Ἰωάννου Sari
'[Through the grace of God] and Lord Jesus Christ this church (naos) of [Saint] Thomas was founded [and paved], and embellished from the property (?) of Gerontios [- - -] and Elias, his son, and as a vow for the salvation of Porphyria, former wife of his son (?), who also made the offering. [O Lord] Jesus, accept the offering. This mosaic was paved in the time of the present 5th indiction, the year 467. O God, remember through the intercessions [of the saint] the clarissimus zygostates of Bostra, lord Ioannes.'
Text: Sari 1994, 528 with completions by D. Feissel in BE (1997), 663. Translation: P. Nowakowski.
[καὶ ἐψηφώθ]η καὶ ἐκοσμήθη ὁ ναὸς τοῦ
[ἁγίου Θ]ωμᾶ <ἐκ> τῆς ὑποστάσεως Γεροντίου
[- - -] καὶ Ἠλίου αὐτοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ σωτ(ηρίας) Πορφυρίας
[συμ]β(ίου) πρ(οτέρας) αὐτοῦ υἱοῦ τῶν κ(αὶ) ἀναλωσάντων.
[Κ(ύρι)ε Ἰη]σοῦς πρόσδεξ(αι) τὴν καρποφορίαν. ἐψη(φώθη)
[χρ(όνοις) τῆ]ς παρού(σης) ε΄ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ἔτου(ς) υξζ΄. μνήσθητι ὁ θ(εὸ)ς εὐχαῖς
[τοῦ ἁ]γίου τοῦ λαμπρ(οτάτου) ζυγοστ(άτου) Βόστρων κ(υρίου) Ἰωάννου
3. <ἐκ> Feissel || 7. [χρ(όνοις) τῆ]ς παρού(σης) ε΄ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ἔτου(ς) Feissel, [- - -]ς παρ(- - -) ε΄ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ἔτ(ους) Sari || 8. [τοῦ ἁ]γίου Feissel, [- - -]ιου Sari || Βόστρων κ(υρίου) Ἰωάννου Feissel, ζυγοστ(άτου) Βόστρων κ(αὶ) Ἰωάννου Sari
'[Through the grace of God] and Lord Jesus Christ this church (naos) of [Saint] Thomas was founded [and paved], and embellished from the property (?) of Gerontios [- - -] and Elias, his son, and as a vow for the salvation of Porphyria, former wife of his son (?), who also made the offering. [O Lord] Jesus, accept the offering. This mosaic was paved in the time of the present 5th indiction, the year 467. O God, remember through the intercessions [of the saint] the clarissimus zygostates of Bostra, lord Ioannes.'
Text: Sari 1994, 528 with completions by D. Feissel in BE (1997), 663. Translation: P. Nowakowski.
History
Evidence ID
E02339Saint Name
Thomas, the Apostle : S00199 Thomas (unspecified) : S00842Saint Name in Source
Θωμᾶς ΘωμᾶςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.) Archaeological and architectural - Cult buildings (churches, mausolea)Language
- Greek