Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 501
-
AD 600
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
mosaic
Funds:
unknown
Price:
unknown
Placement:
Mosaic floor, central nave, next to the main door
People mentioned:
Name:
Marianos
Patronym:
Status:
maker
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
father
Role:
maker
Occupation:
artisan
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
unknown
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Name:
Haninah
Patronym:
Marianos
Status:
maker
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
son
Role:
maker
Occupation:
artisan
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
unknown
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 6th c. description: Dedicatory inscription in Greek on mosaic floor, central nave, next to the main door. Text in tabula ansata. Dimensions: H: 27.5 cm.; W: 119 cm. Letter Height: ca. 4.5 cm ed. IIP basing on Roth-Gerson insc. 4 Μνισθοῦσιν (ὁ) τε- χνῖτε (ὁ) κάμνον- τες τὼ ἔργον τοῦ- τω Μαριανὸς καὶ Ἀνίνας υός 'Remembered (for good) [will be] the artists who [have] done this work Marianos and Haninah his son.' Avigad, N. "Beit Alpha" The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land. Jerusalem, 1993: 190-192. Magness, J. The Archaeology of the Holy Land From the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest, Cambridge University Press 2012: 301-304. Sukenik, E.L. The Ancient Synagogue of Beth 'Alpha. Jerusalem, 1932. https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/beth-alpha/ https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/balf0001/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Paweł Nowakowski
Created:
2022-10-20 11:25:27
Last update:
2025-09-02 11:32:36
Building:
Synagogue
Site:
Beth Alpha; Beit Alpha
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition:
Text:
Date: 501 CE - 600 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Beth Alpha (Beit Alpha) 32.516111, 35.430278 Synagogue Mosaic floor, central nave, next to the main door
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: dedicatory inscription
Summary:
Dedicatory inscription on mosaic in Greek script from Beth Alpha (Beit Alpha). AD 501 - AD 600.
Changes history: 2022-10-20 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-12-09 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-12-09 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'Remembered (for good) [will be] the artists who [have] done this work Marianos and Haninah his son.'
Commentary
Bibliography
- N., Avigad,1933, Beit Alpha, The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 190-192. J., Magness, 2012, The Archaeology of the Holy Land From the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest, Cambridge, 301-304. E.L., Sukenik, 1932, The Ancient Synagogue of Beth Alpha, Jerusalem.