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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 400
-
AD 600
Language:
Greek; Samaritan Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
request for salvation
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
Small room in the east part of the complex (Room 8)
People mentioned:
Name:
Ephrai(m)
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Samaritan Aramaic
Name:
Anan
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Samaritan Aramaic
Description
date: 400-600 CE description: Mosaic inscription with Greek blessing in Samaritan script, located in small room in the east part of the complex (Room 8). Four lines inside a circle that is composed into a square. Text decorated with stylized wreath. ed. CIIP V 7591 קהריה בותה אפרי קהי ענ qhryh bwth ʾpry qhy ʿnn 'O Lord, Help Ephrai(m) and Anan.' commentary: This text represents the phenomenon of writing one language in another script. The Greek rendering of the Hebrew (Samaritan?) script should be transferred as: Κύριε Βοήθει Εφραι καὶ Αναν. The letter ה (h) is used as mater lectionis, which stands for consonants used to indicate vowels. Beyer interprets the first name as Afrai. CIIP V 7591 Beyer 1984: 400 (ssBS4)
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-05-30 14:08:17
Last update:
2024-01-24 11:27:46
Building:
Samaritan(?) synagogue in the north
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Mosaic inscription with Greek blessing in Samaritan script, located in small room in the east part of the complex (Room 8). Four lines inside a circle that is composed into a square. Text decorated with stylized wreath.
Text:
Date: 400 CE - 600 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Scythopolis (Beth Shean; Beisan) 32.496667, 35.498611 Samaritan(?) synagogue in the north Small room in the east part of the complex (Room 8)
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Mosaic inscription with Greek blessing in Samaritan script from Scythopolis (Beth Shean; Beisan). 400 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
'O Lord, Help Ephrai(m) and Anan'
Commentary
This text represents the phenomenon of writing one language in another script. The Greek rendering of the Hebrew (Samaritan?) script should be transferred as: Κύριε Βοήθει Εφραι καὶ Αναν. The letter ה (h) is used as mater lectionis, which stands for consonants used to indicate vowels. Beyer interprets the first name as Afrai.
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, 7591.
Bibliography
- K., Beyer, 1984, Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer: samt den Inschriften aus Palästina, dem Testament Levis aus der Kairoer Genisa, der Fastenrolle und den alten Talmudischen Zitaten, Gottingen, 400.