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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 500
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AD 600
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
own property
Price:
Placement:
mosaic floor in the northern aisle (Room 3)
People mentioned:
Description
date: 500-600 CE description: Four partially preserved lines of Greek text on mosaic floor in the northern aisle (Room 3). Inscription decorated with vine leaves. ed. CIIP V 7589 [--]ὁ υἱ[ός -- ἐ] ποίησ[εν] ἐξ ἰδίων(?) τήν [--] ..ΝΤΗ/Θ[--] '… the son of … made from his own resources(?) the …' commentary: Although the text is much damaged, it can be recognised as a dedicatory inscription. CIIP V 7589
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-05-30 13:48:09
Last update:
2024-01-24 10:27:24
Building:
Samaritan(?) synagogue in the north
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Four partially preserved lines of Greek text on mosaic floor in the northern aisle (Room 3). Inscription decorated with vine leaves.
Text:
Date: 500 CE - 600 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Scythopolis (Beth Shean; Beisan) 32.496667, 35.498611 Samaritan(?) synagogue in the north mosaic floor in the northern aisle (Room 3)
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Fragmentary mosaic inscription in Greek script from Scythopolis (Beth Shean; Beisan). 500 CE - 600 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
; @2021Translation
'… the son of … made from his own resources(?) the …'
Commentary
Although the text is much damaged, it can be recognised as a dedicatory inscription.
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, 7589.