Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 500
-
AD 600
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
The mosaic floor in the room next to the entrance to the main hall (Room 7)
People mentioned:
Name:
Marianos
Patronym:
Status:
maker
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
father
Role:
maker
Occupation:
artisan
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
unknown
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Name:
Haninah
Patronym:
Marianos
Status:
maker
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
son
Role:
maker
Occupation:
artisan
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
unknown
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 500-600 CE description: Greek inscription naming artisans on the mosaic floor in the room next to the entrance to the main hall (Room 7). Five lines of Greek text within a circle decorated with geometrical design. Blue letters on white background. The line 5 is smaller and squeezed into the narrow space between horizontal layout line and the perimeter. ed. CIIP V 7590 χιροθε- ία Μαρια- νοῦ καὶ το(ῦ) υἱοῦ αὐτο- ῦ Ἀνίνα 'Handiwork of Marianus and his son Aninas' commentary: Interestingly, both artisans who made here were also mentioned in the mosaic inscription in the synagogue at Beth Alfa (CIIP V 7563). Since that pavement was laid in 518-527 CE, this one should be made more or less at the same time. Aninas seems to be a Greek form of the Hebrew name Ḥanina. Among the orthographic phenomena there is the haplography of το(ῦ) υἱοῦ in line 3-4, rather than a less likely explanation that ἱοῦ was intended instead of υἱοῦ. The similar process, however, is visible in the line 1: χιροθεία for χειροθεία. CIIP V 7590 https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/bshe0029/ doubled as: https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/bshe0013/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-05-30 14:02:19
Last update:
2024-01-24 11:00:33
Building:
Samaritan(?) synagogue in the north
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Greek inscription naming artisans on the mosaic floor in the room next to the entrance to the main hall (Room 7). Five lines of Greek text within a circle decorated with geometrical design. Blue letters on white background. The line 5 is smaller and squeezed into the narrow space between horizontal layout line and the perimeter.
Text:
Date: 500 CE - 600 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Scythopolis (Beth Shean; Beisan) 32.496667, 35.498611 Samaritan(?) synagogue in the north The mosaic floor in the room next to the entrance to the main hall (Room 7)
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Mosaic inscription in Greek script naming artisans 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
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'Handiwork of Marianus and his son Aninas'
Commentary
Interestingly, both artisans who made here were also mentioned in the mosaic inscription in the synagogue at Beth Alfa (CIIP V 7563). Since that pavement was laid in 518-527 CE, this one should be made more or less at the same time. Aninas seems to be a Greek form of the Hebrew name Ḥanina. Among the orthographic phenomena there is the haplography of το(ῦ) υἱοῦ in line 3-4, rather than a less likely explanation that ἱοῦ was intended instead of υἱοῦ. The similar process, however, is visible in the line 1: χιροθεία for χειροθεία.
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, 7590.