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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 693
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AD 693
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
In the southern part of the industrial zone
People mentioned:
Name:
Maroutha
Patronym:
Status:
religious_authority
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
priest
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: the 6 or the early 7 c. CE description: The inscription found in the southern part of the industrial zone in Shelomi. Text in a rectangular frame (ca. 2 m long). Mosaic floor is arranged in a white scale-pattern with red and yellow tesserae. Source of image: Tahan, Syon 2010: 163, fig. 3 Text (CIIP V 6003): [-- ἡ ψήφ]οσις | [-- ἐ]πὶ τοῦ εὐλ(αβεστάτου) | [--] Μαρουθᾶ | [-- ὑπὲρ] σοτη| [ρίας --]ΤΟ μη(νὶ) | [-- ἔτους ..]+, ἰ(νιδικτιῶνος) α’ '… the making of the mosaic … under the most pious … Maruthas … for the salvation of … in the month …, year …, indiction one.' (CIIP V 6003) Text (Tahan, Syon 2010: 163): [(cross) ἐτελιώθη ἡ ψή]φοσις | [τοῦ ἁγίου τόπου ἐ]πὶ τοῦ εὐλ(αβεστάτου) | [καὶ θεοφιλ(εστάτου) Μαρουθα | [πρεσβ(υτέρου) ὑπὲρ] σοτη| [ρίας αὐτοῦ ἐγέν]ετο μηνὶ | [-- ἔτους γχ]ϙ’ ἰ(νδικτιῶνος) α’ 'Τhe mosaic of the holy place was completed in the time of the most pious and God beloved Maroutha the priest, for his salvation; made in the month of [---], year [6]9[3], indiction 1.' (by Tahan, Syon 2010: 163) commentary: For the Semitic name Maruthas, see. CIIP II 1141. The restoration of the date is suggested by the indiction and the remains of the Tyrian year most likely used in the inscription. Neither [χ]ϙ’ (690=564/5 AD) nor [ψ]ϙ’ (790=664/5 AD) coincide with a first year of indiction. The mixed order of the numerals was suggested. Therefore the reconstruction 693 (1 September 567-30 August 568 AD) was chosen by the first editors simply because it is statistically more probable. CIIP V 6003 Tahan, H. & Syon, D. 2010. A Christian Inscription at Shelomi, ‘Atiqot 62: 161-167. Shelomi in: A Digital Corpus of Early Christian Churches and Monasteries in the Holy Land https://dig.corps-cmhl.huji.ac.il/node/217
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-09-22 10:05:08
Last update:
2024-03-28 20:03:42
Building:
Farm, monastery(?)
Site:
Shelomi
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: The inscription founded in the southern part of the industrial zone in Shelomi. Text in a rectangular frame (ca. 2 m long). Mosaic floor is arranged in a white scale-pattern with red and yellow tesserae.
Text:
Date: 693 CE
the 6 or the early 7 c. CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Pheonice Shelomi 33.074444, 35.144722 Farm, monastery(?) In the southern part of the industrial zone
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Inscription on mosaic in Greek script from Shelomi. AD 693 - AD 693.
Changes history: 2023-09-22 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-03-28 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-11-22 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
(CIIP V 6003): '…the making of the mosaic … under the most pious … Maruthas … for the salvation of … in the month …, year …, indiction one.'
(Tahan, Syon 2010: 163):
'Τhe mosaic of the holy place was completed in the time of the most pious and God beloved Maroutha the priest, for his salvation; made in the month of [---], year [6]9[3], indiction 1'
Commentary
For the Semitic name Maruthas, see. CIIP II 1141. The restoration of the date is suggested by the indiction and the remains of the Tyrian year most likely used in the inscription. Neither [χ]ϙ’ (690=564/5 AD) nor [ψ]ϙ’ (790=664/5 AD) coincide with a first year of indiction. The mixed order of the numerals was suggested. Therefore the reconstruction 693 (1 September 567-30 August 568 AD) was chosen by the first editors simply because it is statistically more probable.
Bibliography
- CIIP V W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, A., Ecker, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, J., Price, P., Weiß, A., Yardeni, 2023, Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume 5/Part 1 Galilaea and Northern Regions: 5876-6924, Berlin, Boston, 6003. H., Tahan, D., Syon, 2010, Christian Inscription at Shelomi, Atiqot 62, 161-167.