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DESCRIPTION
Partly damaged mosaic inscription in a tabula ansata.

INSCRIPTION LANGUAGE
Greek
INSCRIPTION TEXT
Ἐκεντήθη ὁ ἔ̣[μ]βολο̣ς̣
ἐπὶ Φλ(αβίου) Μαιονίου τοῦ
3 μεγαλο[π]ρ(επεστάτου) κόμ(ητος) κ(αὶ) ὑπατικοῦ.
INSCRIPTION…

Aerial view of mosaic in context, showing Synagogue at north, Byzantine Shops, northern foundation of monumental arch, street paving, and fallen blocks of monumental arch.

This mosaic is in the arch above the Door of Sant'Alipio, the left-most door on the west side of San Marco. It shows the translation of the body of the deceased saint.

Museum Description: “Portrait, perhaps of a priest, in encaustic on limewood: the panel is cracked through the right side from the upper edge to the subject's proper left ear. A row of four nail holes indicative of reuse, or perhaps of attachment to…