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BIRS0005

Negev. Birsama (Be'er-Shema), 450 CE - 500 CE. Mosaic Pavement. Dedication.

Transcription

Υπὲρ σωτηρίας τῶν καρποφορούντων καὶ καρποφορησάντων

Translation

For the salvation of those who give offerings and of those who gave offerings.

Diplomatic

ΥΠΕΡϹΩΤΗΡΙΑϹΤΩΝΚΑΡΠΟΦΟΡΟΥΝΤΩΝΚS ΡΗϹΑ

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Notes
A dedicatory inscription on behalf of the anonymous benefactors of the church. It is set in tabula ansata on the floor of the western part of the chancel of the church. It is made of black letters set into a white rectangular background. The bottom two lines of the inscription are damaged, rendering only the first four letters on each of these lines legible. The editor's tentative restoration is based upon the two extant lines and these remaining letters. The editor indicates in his diplomatic that an "S" shape is preserved after the "κ" on line 3, and seems to take this shape together with the Kappa as an abbrevation of καὶ. The inscription makes use of lunate sigmas and large miniscule omegas (as opposed to large majescule omegas). The editor notes that the inscription has been borrowed from litugical texts.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

450 CE to 550 CE

Current location

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Figures

  • tabula ansata sides

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Source of translation

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Other sources

  • Tzaferis, Vassilios. “The Greek Inscriptions from the Early Christian Church at ’Evron.” Eretz-Israel 25 (1996). page 79.
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