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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 400
-
AD 600
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
mosaic panel
Funds:
own property
Price:
Placement:
nave
People mentioned:
Name:
Sosibios
Patronym:
Milchos
Status:
religious_authority
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
father
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 5th-6th c. description: Greek text of Sosibios, who made the panel, in the upper margin of the band 3 of the nave mosaic. The mosaic panel depicts the Consecration of Aaron to the Service of the Tabernacle and the Daily Offering. Some figures are also labeled in Hebrew (https://epi-identity-database.uw.edu.pl/inscription/165). The central part of the inscription is missing. The characters are 6 cm. Source of image: Weiss 2005: 79 ed. IIP sepp0014 Ϲωσίβιος Μίλχου [....] ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας αὑτοῦ κὲ τῶν τέκν- ων [αὐ]τοῦ ἐπ[οίησεν τὴν τάβλαν. Ε]ὐλογία αὐτοῖς. 'So[sibi]os (?) (son) of [Mil]chos (?).... for the preservation of himself and of his children made [this panel. A b]lessing upon them.' Commentary: The name of the benefactor is not certain. The patronymic possibly originated in the Semitic root word MLK. Weiss, Zeev. The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2005: 210-211. https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/sepp0014/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-17 14:17:54
Last update:
2023-12-14 11:00:26
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Greek text of Sosibios, who made the panel, in the upper margin of the band 3 of the nave mosaic. The mosaic panel depicts the Consecration of Aaron to the Service of the Tabernacle and the Daily Offering. Some figures are also labeled in Hebrew (https://epi-identity-database.uw.edu.pl/inscription/165). The central part of the inscription is missing.
Text: Letter height 6 cm
Date: 400 CE - 600 CE
5th-6th century
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Sepphoris (Zippori; Saffuriye) 32.745556, 35.278611 Synagogue nave
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: dedicatory inscription
Summary:
Greek dedicatory inscription on mosaic from Sepphoris (Zippori; Saffuriye). 400 CE - 600 CE.
Changes history: 2022-11-17 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-12-14 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-12-14 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'So[sibi]os (?) (son) of [Mil]chos (?).... for the preservation of himself and of his children made [this panel. A b]lessing upon them'
Commentary
The name of the benefactor is not certain. The patronymic possibly originated in the Semitic root word MLK.
Bibliography
- Z., Weiss, 2005, The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts, Jerusalem, 210-211.