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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 415
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AD 415
Language:
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
in the north-western most room of the church complex
People mentioned:
Name:
Shushan (Susanna)
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
female
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Claudia / Claudius
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
unspecified
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Nehemiah / Mar-Nahemiu
Patronym:
Status:
lord
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Boselos / Baselo
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 5th c. (415 AD?) description: Aramaic inscription on mosaic pavement in the north-western most room of the church complex, found together with a Greek inscription in the same room, the latter dated to 415 AD. The mosaic panel is framed by red tesserae. The central motif is the circle with a Greek cross. Syriac script appears (1) within the circle, between the arms of the circle as well as outside: (2) immediately outside the circle, opposite the first letters of group 1, (3) along the outer frame adjacent to group 2, (4) along the outer frame on the opposite side of the circle, (5) between group 4 and the circle, on the east. ܝܬܚܝܘܢ ܫܘܫܢ ܩܠܘܕܝ ܡܪ ܢܐܗܡ ܒܣܠܘ יתחיון שושן קלודיוס מר נאהמנו בסלו ytḥywn šwšn qlwdy mr nʾhmnw Bslw 'Let them live (or ‘be saved’) Susanna Claudia / Claudius (Lord?) Nehemiah' Boselos' (by Jacques 1987) 'Let them live: Shushan (Susanna), Claudi (Claudius), Mar-Nahemiu, Baselo.' (by CIIP V 6084) commentary: The inscription can be dated to ca. 415 CE as the other inscription in this room has this date. Thus it is probably the earliest Christian Palestinian Armaic mosaic inscription attested to date. The six letters of the phrase "Let them live/be saved" are written clockwise between the four quadrants created by the cross-bars within the circle. Outside of the circle, two names appear above and below this central motif. L. 4. Jacques, and consequently IIP editors omit translation of two first letters of this line (mr). It is included in the name of Mar-Nahemiu in CIIP V 6084 only. CIIP V 6084 Jacques A. 1987. A Palestinian-Syriac Inscription in the Mosaic Pavement at Evron. Eretz Israel 19: 54–56. https://dig.corps-cmhl.huji.ac.il/epigraphicals/evron-church-11 https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/evro0014/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-09-18 15:13:29
Last update:
2024-01-29 12:58:41
Building:
Church
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Aramaic inscription on mosaic pavement in the north-western most room of the church complex, found together with a Greek inscription in the same room, the latter dated to 415 AD. The mosaic panel is framed by red tesserae. The central motif is the circle with a Greek cross. Syriac script appears (1) within the circle, between the arms of the circle as well as outside: (2) immediately outside the circle, opposite the first letters of group 1, (3) along the outer frame adjacent to group 2, (4) along the outer frame on the opposite side of the circle, (5) between group 4 and the circle, on the east.
Text:
Date: 415 CE
5th c.
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Phoenice 'Evron (Khirbet Yanuhiyah) 33.005833, 35.098889 Church in the north-western most room of the church complex
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Inscription on mosaic in CPA script from 'Evron (Khirbet Yanuhiyah). 415 CE.
Changes history: 2023-09-18 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
'Let them live (or ‘be saved’)
Susanna
Claudia / Claudius
(Lord?) Nehemiah
Boselos'
[Jacques 1987]
'Let them live:
Shushan (Susanna),
Claudi (Claudius),
Mar-Nahemiu,
Baselo.
[CIIP V 6084]
Commentary
The inscription can be dated to ca. 415 CE as the other inscription in this room has this date. Thus it is probably the earliest Christian Palestinian Armaic mosaic inscription attested to date. The six letters of the phrase "Let them live/be saved" are written clockwise between the four quadrants created by the cross-bars within the circle. Outside of the circle, two names appear above and below this central motif. L. 4. Jacques, and consequently IIP editors omit translation of two first letters of this line (mr). It is included in the name of Mar-Nahemiu in CIIP V 6084 only.
Bibliography
- 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, 6084. A., Jacques, 1987, A Palestinian-Syriac Inscription in the Mosaic Pavement at Evron, Eretz Israel 19, 54-56.