BGUV0103

Beit Guvrin, Byzantine. Mosaic floor. Dedicatory.


Transcription Χριστοῦ παμβασιλῆος ἐκοσμήσατο μέλαθρον, οὖδας, ὁδὸν ψηφῖσιν ἰδίων διὰ μαθητῶν τοῦδ᾿ ἱερεὺς ἀμύμων Ὀβοδιανὸς ἠπιόθυμος.
Translation The house of Christ, the monarch of the universe, the floor and the entrance, Obodianus, his blameless and gentle priest, has decorated with mosaics with the help of my disciples
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

Χριστοῦ παμβασιλῆος ἐκοσμήσατο μέλαθρον, οὖδας, ὁδὸν ψηφῖσιν ἰδίων διὰ μαθητῶν τοῦδ᾿ ἱερεὺς ἀμύμων Ὀβοδιανὸς ἠπιόθυμος.

Translation

The house of Christ, the monarch of the universe, the floor and the entrance, Obodianus, his blameless and gentle priest, has decorated with mosaics with the help of my disciples

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 324 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 638 CE

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 50 cm; W: 73 cm; D: —

Date

324 CE to 638 CE

Current location

Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (in the Garden), IAA inv. no. 1966-1732

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

Anonymous. “Beth Govrin (Eleutheropolis) - El-Maqerqesh.” The Hebrew Univeristy of Jerusalem (blog), September 29, 2021. https://dig.corps-cmhl.huji.ac.il/epigraphicals/beth-govrin-eleutheropolis-el-maqerqesh.

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Source of transcription

Anonymous. “Beth Govrin (Eleutheropolis) - El-Maqerqesh.” The Hebrew Univeristy of Jerusalem (blog), September 29, 2021. https://dig.corps-cmhl.huji.ac.il/epigraphicals/beth-govrin-eleutheropolis-el-maqerqesh.

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Source of translation

Anonymous. “Beth Govrin (Eleutheropolis) - El-Maqerqesh.” The Hebrew Univeristy of Jerusalem (blog), September 29, 2021. https://dig.corps-cmhl.huji.ac.il/epigraphicals/beth-govrin-eleutheropolis-el-maqerqesh.

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