Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ἐπὶ
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 375
-
AD 500
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
Room 63 from the earlier phase
People mentioned:
Name:
Somm...
Patronym:
Status:
religious_authority
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
monk_or_clergyman
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: the late fourth or early fifth century CE according to stratigraphy and palaeography description: Greek inscription on mosaic with the colourful lace pattern which comprised interlacing circles and medallions decorated with floral elements. Mosaic is located in the room 63 from the earlier phase. The text is surrounded by a double frame, and its lines are separated by rows of red tesserae. Dimensions: 2x0,8 m. ed. Ustinova 2023: Inscription 1 ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου Σομμ[… ῶ]ν καμάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ… ἐτελιώθ(η) δὲ μη(νὶ) Ἀρτεμησίο[υ… 'Under the most god-loving Somm... by his labors… was completed in the month of Artemisios…' commentary: The name of the person mentioned in this inscription could be reconstructed either as Sommaseos, known from an inscription in Philadelphia (SEG 38 1660, dated to 550–560 CE), or Sommos a name occurring in a tombstone from Hauran (IGLSyr 21.5.1.83). SEG 65 1766 Ustinova, Y., Greek Inscriptions from the Byzantine-Period Monastery at Ḥura. ‘Atiqot 110 (2023): 385-393. Varga, D., Talgam, R., A Byzantine-Period Monastery at Ḥura. ‘Atiqot 110 (2023): 365-384.
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Paweł Nowakowski
Created:
2023-09-14 11:01:14
Last update:
2025-09-02 11:31:29
Building:
Monastery
Site:
Hura (Northen Negev)
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Greek inscription on mosaic with the colourful lace pattern which comprised interlacing circles and medallions decorated with floral elements. Mosaic is located in the room 63 from the earlier phase. The text is surrounded by a double frame, and its lines are separated by rows of red tesserae. Dimensions: 2x0,8 m.
Text:
Date: 375 CE - 500 CE
the late fourth or early fifth century CE according to stratigraphy and palaeography
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Hura (Northen Negev) 31.298333, 34.939167 Monastery Room 63 from the earlier phase
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Inscription on mosaic in Greek script from Hura (Northen Negev). 375 CE – 500 CE.
Changes history: 2023-09-14 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-29 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-29 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'Under the most god-loving Somm...
by his labors…
was completed in the month of Artemisios…'
Commentary
The name of the person mentioned in this inscription could be reconstructed either as Sommaseos, known from an inscription in Philadelphia (SEG 38 1660, dated to 550–560 CE), or Sommos a name occurring in a tombstone from Hauran (IGLSyr 21.5.1.83).
Bibliography (edition)
- Y., Ustinova, 2023, Greek Inscriptions from the Byzantine-Period Monastery at Ḥura., Atiqot 110, 385-393.
Bibliography
- SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 65, 1766. D., Varga, R., Talgam, 2023, A Byzantine-Period Monastery at Ḥura, Atiqot 110, 365-384.