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Dating:
AD 270
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AD 325
Language:
Greek; Hebrew
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Medium:
mosaic
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Placement:
East aisle
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Description
date: 270 CE to 325 CE description: Bilingual dedication in Greek and Hebrew scripts. Decorated with two leaves on both sides of the last line of the text. Dimensions: H: 68 cm; W: 116 cm. According to the editor of IIP database the text appears to have been made by a person familiar with Greek. The paleography of the inscription is similar to the shape of the letters in third-century texts from Gerasa and fourth-century from Antioch. ed. IIP database Μνησθῇ εἰς ἀγαθὸν καὶ εἰς εὐλογίαν Προφοτοῦρος ὁ μιζό- τερος ἐποίησεν τὴν στοὰν ταύ- την τοῦ ἁγίου τόπου. Ἐυλογία αὐτῷ Ἀμήν. שלום 'May he be remembered for good and for blessing. Profoturos the elder constructed this aisle of the synagogue. Blessing upon him. Amen. Shalom' More see: https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/tibe0006/ https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/tibe0014/ Moshe, D. 1983. “The Synagogue of Severos (Stratum 2a).” In Hammath Tiberias: Early Synagogues and the Hellenistic and Roman Remains, edited by Moshe Dothan, 27–70. Jerusalem, Israel: Ben-Zvi Printing Enterprises Ltd., 60-62.
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-10-27 13:44:10
Last update:
2024-04-09 18:48:07
Building:
Synagogue
Site:
Hammath Tiberias
Dimensions: surface: w 116 x h 68 cm
Condition: Bilingual dedication in Greek and Hebrew scripts. Decorated with two leaves on both sides of the last line of the text. According to the editor of IIP database the text appears to have been made by a person familiar with Greek. The paleography of the inscription is similar to the shape of the letters in third-century texts from Gerasa and fourth-century from Antioch.
Text:
Date: 270 CE - 325 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Hammath Tiberias 32.768611, 35.548333 Synagogue East aisle
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: bilingual inscription
Summary:
Bilingual inscription on mosaic in Greek and Hebrew scripts from Hammath Tiberias. 270 CE - 325 CE.
Changes history: 2022-10-27 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-04-09 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-12-12 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'May he be remembered for good and for blessing. Profoturos the elder constructed this aisle of the synagogue. Blessing upon him. Amen. Shalom' (IIP database)
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Bibliography
- D., Moshe,1984, The Synagogue of Severos (Stratum 2a)., [in:] Hammath Tiberias: Early Synagogues and the Hellenistic and Roman Remains, ed. D., Moshe, Jerusalem, 60-62.