E02647: Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription commemorating the paving of a church (naos) dedicated to *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023). Found at Riḥāb, between Bostra and Gerasa/Jerash (Jordan/Roman province of Arabia). Dated 661.

+ ἐψιφώθη ὁ ναὸς οὗτος τοῦ ἁγίου Σερ-
γίου ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκονομίας Στεφάνου πρεσβυτέ-
ρου, ἐπὶ τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου Γεωργίου μητροπολήτου
καὶ ἀρχηεπισκόπου, παρα̣μ[ον]̣ῇ Ἠλίου πρεσβυτέρου κα-
ὶ Θομᾶς κ(αὶ) Ἠλίου αὐτοῦ ἁγίου τόπου, ἔτους φνε΄ τῆς ἐπα-
ρχίας μηνὸς Φεβρουαρίῳ προτῇ χρόνον τετάρτης [ἰν]δ(ικτιῶνος)

1. ἐψιφώθη Feissel and Gatier, ἐψηφώθη SEG || 1-2. Σερ|γύο SEG || 4. παρα̣μ[ον]̣ῇ Ἠλίου Feissel, [- - -] Ἠλίου SEG || 5. αὐτοῦ ἁγίου τόπου Feissel and Gatier, {[ο]υ} τοῦ ἁγίου τόπου SEG || 6. Φεβρουαρίπ SEG and Gatier, τετάρτης [ἰν]δ(ικτιῶνος) Feissel and Gatier, τετάρτη[ς(?)] δ΄ (?) [ - - ] SEG

'+ This church (naos) of Saint Sergios was paved during the stewardship of the presbyter Stephanos, under the most holy metropolitan and archbishop Georgios, (through?) the service/under the guardianship (?) of Elias, the presbyter, and Thomas, and Elias, of this holy place (?). In the year 555 of the province, on the first (day) of the month of February, in the fourth indiction.'

Text: SEG 51, 2042 with altered completions by D. Feissel and P.-L. Gatier in BE (2005), 544 accepted in SEG 53, 1885. Translation: P. Nowakowski.