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BSAF0002

Beit Safafa, 596-701. Mosaic. Dedicatory.
Transcription

+ Ἐγένετο τὸ πᾶν ἔργον τῆς ἀνεγέρσεως τοῦ οἴκου τῶν ἁγίων μαρτύρων ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας καὶ ἀντιλήμψεως Σαμουήλου καὶ τῶν αὐτοῦ διαφερόντων καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀναπαύσεως τῶν πολυβότων, ἐν μηνὶ Ἰουνίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιδʹ ἔτους ϛσʹ.

Translation

The whole work of the erection of the house of the holy martyrs was accomplished for the salvation and the succour of Samuel and his family, and for the rest of the predeceased(?), in the month of June of the fourteenth indiction, year 206 (?).

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: 230 cm; D: —

Date

596 CE to 701 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Cross beginning of first line of inscription

  • Tabula ansata framing inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Di Segni, Leah. “The Beit Ṣafafa Inscription Reconsidered and the Question of a Local Era in Jerusalem.” Israel Exploration Journal 43, no. 2/3 (1993): 157–68. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27926304.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Di Segni, Leah. “The Beit Ṣafafa Inscription Reconsidered and the Question of a Local Era in Jerusalem.” Israel Exploration Journal 43, no. 2/3 (1993): 157–68. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27926304.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Di Segni, Leah. “The Beit Ṣafafa Inscription Reconsidered and the Question of a Local Era in Jerusalem.” Israel Exploration Journal 43, no. 2/3 (1993): 157–68. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27926304.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," BSAF0002, 11 July 2026. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89