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Dating:
AD 400
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AD 500
Language:
Greek
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Medium:
mosaic
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Placement:
mosaic floor near the door leading to the nave (Room 2)
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Description
date: 400-500 CE description: Greek inscription on mosaic floor near the door leading to the nave (Room 2). Text placed on the left part of a tabula ansata. Inscription has two lines of text of which each line is in a separate frame. Beginning of the first line is decorated with a palm leaf (lulav). ed. CIIP V 7588 ἔτους [...] μν(νὸς) Ἰανουαρ(ίου) Ι[...] 'The year…, (in the tenth?) of the month of January …' commentary: The iota after the name of the month was probably a numeral, rather than the word for “indiction.” CIIP V 7588
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-05-30 13:44:51
Last update:
2024-01-24 07:51:28
Building:
Samaritan(?) synagogue in the north
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Greek inscription on mosaic floor near the door leading to the nave (Room 2). Text placed on the left part of a tabula ansata. Inscription has two lines of text of which each line is in a separate frame. Beginning of the first line is decorated with a palm leaf (lulav).
Text:
Date: 400 CE - 500 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Scythopolis (Beth Shean; Beisan) 32.496667, 35.498611 Samaritan(?) synagogue in the north mosaic floor near the door leading to the nave (Room 2)
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Fragmentary mosaic inscription in Greek script from Scythopolis (Beth Shean; Beisan). 400 CE - 500 CE.
Changes history: 2023-05-30 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-24 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-24 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Commentary
The iota after the name of the month was probably a numeral, rather than the word for “indiction.”
Bibliography (edition)
- CIIP V W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, A., Ecker, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, J., Price, P., Weiß, A., Yardeni, 2023, Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume 5/Part 1 Galilaea and Northern Regions: 5876-6924, Berlin, Boston, 7588.