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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Προσφορὰ
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 401
-
AD 600
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
column/pillar
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
salvation of his daughter
Funds:
own property
Price:
Placement:
column
People mentioned:
Name:
Theodorus
Patronym:
Olympus
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
father
Role:
Founder
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Name:
Matrona
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
daughter
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
female
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 5-6 c. CE description: Votive offering on marble column. Upper section of a gray marble column with a dowel hole in its upper surface. Five-line Greek inscription incised on side of column, approximately midway between top and broken bottom. Dimensions: the piece of column is 135 cm high, and ca. 40-45 cm in diameter; the line of texts are 34 cm long. Letters height 3-4 cm. ed. CIIP II 1143 Προ(σφορὰ) Θεωδώροε υἱοῦ Ὀλύμπου ὑπὲρ σωτερίας Ματρώνας θυγατρός 'The offering of Theodorus son of Olympus, for the salvation of his daughter Matrona.' commentary: This inscribed column was discovered by Avi-Yonah in 1956. Theodorus’ donation could have been the column, something attached to the column, or some part of the room in which the column stood. CIIP II 1143 https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/caes0083/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-03-25 15:09:59
Last update:
2024-01-20 18:14:44
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Votive offering on marble column. Upper section of a gray marble column with a dowel hole in its upper surface. Five-line Greek inscription incised on side of column, approximately midway between top and broken bottom. Dimensions: the piece of column is 135 cm high, and ca. 40-45 cm in diameter; the line of texts are 34 cm long.
Text: Letter heigh 3-4 cm
Date: 401 CE - 600 CE
5-6 c. CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Caesarea 32.507222, 34.906944 Synagogue column
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: votive inscription
Summary:
Votive inscription in Greek script from Caesarea. 401 CE - 600 CE.
Changes history: 2023-03-25 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
'The offering of Theodorus son of Olympus, for the salvation of his daughter Matrona.'
Commentary
This inscribed column was discovered by Avi-Yonah in 1956. Theodorus’ donation could have been the column, something attached to the column, or some part of the room in which the column stood.
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, 1143.