Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 301
-
AD 500
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
mosaic
Funds:
own property
Price:
Placement:
mosaic floor
People mentioned:
Name:
Iulis
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 4-5 c. CE description: The inscription on the mosaic commemorating the donation of synagogue. Five-line Greek inscription formed by black tesserae on a plain white background. Lower right half of the inscription is missing. Text surrounded by an elaborate multi-band frame including guilloche. Dimensions: mosaic panel – 7.30 m x 3.30 m; inscribed area – 53x 55 cm. Letters are 7-9 cm high. ed. CIIP II 1139 Ἰοῦλις εὐξάμ[ε] νο[ς ἐπο] ί[ησε πό] δ[ας --] 'Iulis, having made a vow, had … feet (of the mosaic pavement) made.' commentary: This mosaic was exposed by the rain in 1933, and examined and recorded by J. Orly in the 1940s. Despite the loss of the right bottom half of the inscription, the restoration is unproblematic and universally accepted. Iulis is probably a shorthand for Iulius. CIIP II 1139 https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/caes0078/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-03-24 12:28:53
Last update:
2024-01-20 14:45:43
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: The inscription on the mosaic commemorating the donation of synagogue. Five-line Greek inscription formed by black tesserae on a plain white background. Lower right half of the inscription is missing. Text surrounded by an elaborate multi-band frame including guilloche. Dimensions: mosaic panel – 7.30 m x 3.30 m; inscribed area – 53x 55 cm.
Text: Letter height 7-9 cm
Date: 301 CE - 500 CE
4-5 c. CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Caesarea 32.507222, 34.906944 Synagogue mosaic floor
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Inscription on the mosaic commemorating the donation of synagogue from Caesarea. 301 CE - 500 CE.
Changes history: 2023-03-24 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-20 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-20 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'Iulis, having made a vow, had … feet (of the mosaic pavement) made'
Commentary
This mosaic was exposed by the rain in 1933, and examined and recorded by J. Orly in the 1940s. Despite the loss of the right bottom half of the inscription, the restoration is unproblematic and universally accepted. Iulis is probably a shorthand for Iulius.
Bibliography (edition)
- CIIP II W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, H., Misgav, J., Price, A., Yardeni, 2011, Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume II: Caesarea and the Middle Coast: 1121-2160, Berlin, Boston, 1139.