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APOL0002

Apollonia, 350-529 CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.
Transcription

Εἶς θεὸς μόνος ὁ βοηθῶν Γαδιωναν καὶ Ἰουλιανῷ καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἀξίοις פעלהבדה

Translation

One only god who helps Gadiona and Iulianus and all who deserve it. (Made it from his) possession in this place.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Tal argus that the isncription belonged to a Samaritan synagogue which which was later used for other purposes.

Languages

Hebrew, Greek

Dimensions

H: 140 cm; W: 130 cm; D: —

Date

350 CE to 529 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Tri-color (black, red and white) guilloche-patterened frame surrounding the black frame

  • Rectangular frame (single row of black tesserae) framing the inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Tal, Oren. “A Bilingual Greek-Samaritan Inscription from Apollonia-Arsuf/Sozousa: Yet More Evidence of the Use of ΕΙΣ ΘΕΟΣ ΜΟΝΟΣ Formula Inscriptions among the Samaritans.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 194 (2015): 169–75. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43909728.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Tal, Oren. “A Bilingual Greek-Samaritan Inscription from Apollonia-Arsuf/Sozousa: Yet More Evidence of the Use of ΕΙΣ ΘΕΟΣ ΜΟΝΟΣ Formula Inscriptions among the Samaritans.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 194 (2015): 169–75. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43909728.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Tal, Oren. “A Bilingual Greek-Samaritan Inscription from Apollonia-Arsuf/Sozousa: Yet More Evidence of the Use of ΕΙΣ ΘΕΟΣ ΜΟΝΟΣ Formula Inscriptions among the Samaritans.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 194 (2015): 169–75. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43909728.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," APOL0002, 19 November 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89