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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ἐμνήσθη – was remembered
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 401
-
AD 600
Language:
Greek; Hebrew; Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
mosaic panel
Funds:
own property
Price:
unknown
Placement:
nave
People mentioned:
Name:
Boethos
Patronym:
Aemilius
Status:
religious_authority
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 5th-6th description: Greek dedicatory inscription of Boethos son of Aemilius. Three lines of Greek text and with a singel word Amen in Hebrew at the end. The panel depicts two servants waiting for Abraham, which is a particular scene of the broader motive of the Sacrifice of Abraham's son Isaac. The charachters are 6 cm high on average. ed. IIP sepp0022 Μνησθῇ εἰς ἀγαθὸν Βοηθὸς Αἰμιλί- ου μετὰ τέκνων. Ἐποίησεν τὴν τ- άβλαν. Εὐλογία αὐτοῖς. אמן 'Be remembered for good Boethos (son) of Aemilius with (his) children. He made this panel. A blessing upon them. Amen.' Weiss, Zeev. The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2005, p. 214. https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/sepp0022/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-21 18:40:20
Last update:
2023-12-15 07:52:15
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Greek dedicatory inscription of Boethos son of Aemilius. Three lines of Greek text and with a singel word Amen in Hebrew at the end. The panel depicts two servants waiting for Abraham, which is a particular scene of the broader motive of the Sacrifice of Abraham's son Isaac.
Text: Letter height 6 cm (on average)
Date: 401 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: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Dedicatory inscription on mosaic in Greek and Hebrew scripts from Sepphoris (Zippori; Saffuriye). 401 CE - 600 CE.
Changes history: 2022-11-21 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-12-15 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-12-15 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'Be remembered for good Boethos (son) of Aemilius with (his) children. He made this panel. A blessing upon them. Amen.'
Commentary
Bibliography
- Z., Weiss, 2005, The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts, Jerusalem, 214.