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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 401
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AD 700
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
; mosaic
Funds:
unknown
Price:
unknown
Placement:
the threshold panel next to the east door
People mentioned:
Description
date: 5-6th c. or even into 7th c. description: The dedication in Greek on mosaic on the threshold panel next to the east door. Text in black letters is set within a frame flanked by two pheasants. The lower part of the inscription has been removed and replaced by plain and cruder tesserae. Dimensions: 34 x 45 cm. ed. Habas 2021: 181 Π(ροσ)φ(ορὰ) ὧν Κ(ύριο)ς γ / ινόσκι τὰ / ὀνόματ / α αὐτὸς / φυλάξι ἐν / χρό(νῳ) 'The gift of those of whom the Lord knows the names, He shall guard them in times … ' Lihi Habas, The Mosaic Floors of the House of Kyrios Leontis in Nysa Scythopolis (Beth Shean), Journal of Mosaic Research 14 (2021): 181, fig. 9. https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/bshe0016/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-10-20 12:16:37
Last update:
2023-12-11 08:33:21
Building:
House of Leontis
Dimensions: surface: w 45 x h 34 cm
Condition: The dedication in Greek on mosaic on the threshold panel next to the east door. Text in black letters is set within a frame flanked by two pheasants. The lower part of the inscription has been removed and replaced by plain and cruder tesserae.
Text:
Date: 401 CE - 700 CE
5-6th c. or even into 7th c.
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Scythopolis (Beth Shean; Beisan) 32.496667, 35.498611 House of Leontis the threshold panel next to the east door
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: dedicatory inscription
Summary:
Dedicatory inscription on mosaic in Greek script from Scythopolis (Beth Shean; Beisan). 401 CE - 700 CE.
Changes history: 2022-10-20 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-12-11 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-12-11 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'The gift of those of whom the Lord knows the names, He shall guard them in times …'
Commentary
Bibliography (edition)
- L., Habas,2021, The Mosaic Floors of the House of Kyrios Leontis in Nysa Scythopolis (Beth Shean), Journal of Mosaic Research 14 12, 181, fig. 9.