Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ἐμνήσθη – was remembered
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 401
-
AD 600
Language:
Greek
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:
Paregorios
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
father
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Name:
Uranos
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 5th-6th c. description: Greek dedicatory inscription of Paregorios and Uranos on the upper margin of the large and only panel in the Band 7 of the nave mosaic. The panel, much destroyed, once depicted the visit of three angels to Abraham and Sarah at Mamre. The three lines text is preserved in the left upper corner of the panel but originally it probably stretched for the whole length of the panel. Thus ca. two-thirds of the text is lost. The characters are 7 cm high. ed. IIP sepp0024 Μνησθῶσιν εἰς ἀγα[θόν] [29 char.] Παρηγόριος καὶ Οὐρανὸς ἀ[δελφοί καὶ] [4 char.] [Ἐποίησαν τὴν τάβλαν τα]- ύτη[ν. Ε]ὐλογία αὐτ[οῖς][3 char.] 'Be remembered for good.... the brothers... Paregorios and Uranos [and.... They made this panel]. A blessing upon them....' commentary: Paregorios might be identical with the benefactor mentioned in another inscription at the same syangogue. Uranos, originally being the name of a Greek god, was popular personal name among various societies including Christians, and apparently Jews, in the late antique period. Weiss, Zeev. The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2005, p. 215-216. https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/sepp0024/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-21 18:53:16
Last update:
2023-12-15 08:36:30
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Greek dedicatory inscription of Paregorios and Uranos on the upper margin of the large and only panel in the Band 7 of the nave mosaic. The panel, much destroyed, once depicted the visit of three angels to Abraham and Sarah at Mamre. The three lines text is preserved in the left upper corner of the panel but originally it probably stretched for the whole length of the panel. Thus ca. two-thirds of the text is lost.
Text: Letter height 7 cm
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 script 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.... the brothers... Paregorios and Uranos [and.... They made this panel]. A blessing upon them....'
Commentary
Paregorios might be identical with the benefactor mentioned in another inscription at the same syangogue. Uranos, originally being the name of a Greek god, was popular personal name among various societies including Christians, and apparently Jews, in the late antique period.
Bibliography
- Z., Weiss, 2005, The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts, Jerusalem, 215-216.