Gerasa 309

Item

Text Category
Inscription: mosaic
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
531
Location of Display
Arabia/ Syria Decapolis: Gerasa: Chuch of George
Reference
Gerasa 309
Quotation
ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοφιλεστ̣[άτου καὶ ὁσιω(τάτου) ἐπισ]κόπου Πα[ύλου] [ἐσ]τεγάσθη καὶ ἐψηφώθη̣ κ̣[αὶ ἀ]ν̣ε̣κοσμήθη ὁ ναὸς το̣[ῦ ἁγίου] [Γε]ωργίου ἐκ προσφορᾶς οὗ ὁ Κύριος οἶδεν τὸ ὄνομα ὑπ[ὲρ συν]- χωρήσεως ἁμαρτιῶν ἐν χρόνοις ηʹ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) τοῦ βϙφʹ ἔτους.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Church
Cultic: Building: Church
Object/ Person Ornamented
The church of St George
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Mosaic
Medium/a Ornamenting
roof and mosaic
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Bishop Paulos
Bibliography
Welles 1938: 481, nr. 309, pl. 71
Item Identifier
A00724
Determination
Derived directly from text