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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
; Name and function; ܕܥܒܕ who made; amen
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 501
-
AD 800
Language:
Syriac
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
; Making of an object
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
mosaic floor on the eastern side of the church
People mentioned:
Name:
Silas
Patronym:
Status:
priest
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
priest
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Syriac
Description
Place: Mosaic floor in a ruined building, found within a monastic complex in the Wadi Suweinit. ca. 1400 m east of the cave complexes at el-ʿAleiliyat. Date: VI-VII c. AD The whole pavement is white and the dimensions of the tesserae are about 1.5-1.8 cm. (about 27 tesserae in 100 cm²). The inscription is facing east and is 89 x 66 cm. Around the inscription there are two lines of white stones as a border. The letters are made of black stones and they are about 1-2 mm. below the surface of the pavement. The five lines of the text and the cross preceding it are set in black tesserae on a white background; the inscription is surrounded by a rectangular frame of two rows of white tesserae. Ornaments: Cross it the beginning of the line 1. Text: ܡܪܐ ܐܩܒ(ܠ) ܩܘܪܒܢܗ ܕܩܫ ܫܐ ܫܝܠܐ ܕܥ ܒܕ ܕܝ ܙܐܘ ܝܬܐ ܐܡܝܢ Transliteration: mrʾ ʾqb[l] qwrbnh dqš šʾ šylʾ dʿ bd dʾ zʾw ytʾ ʾmyn Translation: May the Lord accept the offering of the priest Silas who made this cell, Amen. Bibliography: CIIP IV 2806 (see also XLVIII. el-῾Aleiliyat, Introduction) Halloun M. & Rubin R., (1981), Palestinian Syriac Inscription from “En Suweinit”. Liber Annuus 31: 291–298. Puech E., (2001), Notes d’épigraphie christo-palestinienne cisjordanienne. Revue Biblique 108: 61–72.
Author:
Julia Borczyńska
Added by:
Paweł Nowakowski
Created:
2022-11-28 22:49:56
Last update:
2025-09-02 11:32:20
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Mosaic floor in a ruined building, found within a monastic complex in the Wadi Suweinit. ca. 1400 m east of the cave complexes at el-ʿAleiliyat. The whole pavement is white and the dimensions of the tesserae are about 1.5-1.8 cm. (about 27 tesserae in 100 cm²). The inscription is facing east and is 89 x 66 cm. Around the inscription there are two lines of white stones as a border. The letters are made of black stones and they are about 1-2 mm. below the surface of the pavement. The five lines of the text and the cross preceding it are set in black tesserae on a white background; the inscription is surrounded by a rectangular frame of two rows of white tesserae. Ornaments: Cross it the beginning of the line 1.
Text:
Date: VI-VII c. AD
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina ‘En Suweinit (Wadi Suweinit, el-ʿAleiliyat) 31.92942, 35.28878 unknown building within a monastic complex in the Wadi Suweinit mosaic floor on the eastern side of the church
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic
Summary:
Mosaic floor from ‘En Suweinit (Wadi Suweinit, el-ʿAleiliyat). 501 CE - 800 CE.
Changes history: 2022-11-28 Julia Borczyńska Creation; 2024-03-27 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-03-27 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'May the Lord accept the offering of the priest Silas who made this cell, Amen.'
Commentary
Bibliography
- CIIP IV W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, A., Ecker, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, H., Misgav, J., Price, P., Weiß, A., Yardeni, 2023, Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume IV: Iudaea/Idumaea, Berlin, Boston, 2806. M., Halloun, 1981, Palestinian Syriac Inscription from “En Suweinit”, Liber Annuus 31, 291–298. E., Puech, 2001, Notes d’épigraphie christo-palestinienne cisjordanienne, Revue Biblique 108, 61–72.