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Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 558-9 CE. Limestone slab. Dedicatory. Building.
Transcription + Θεόδωρος ὁ ποιμὴν
λουτρὰ καινουργῶν νέμει
τοῖς τὴν ἄκραν νοσοῦσι τῆς λώβης νόσον +
ἐν χρόνοις
ἰνδικτιῶνος ζ΄
ἔτους χκβ΄ |
Translation Theodore the shepherd / allots, renewing them, the baths / to those sick with the
very grievous / disease of leprosy / in the time of the seventh indiction in the
year 622. |
Diplomatic +ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣΟΠΟΙΜΗΝ ΛΟΥΤΡΑ • ΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΩΝΝΕΜΕΙ
ΤΟΙΣΤΗΝΑΚΡΑΝΝΟΣΟΥΣΙ • ΤΗΣ ΛΩΒΗΣ • ΝΟΣΟΝ+ ΕΝΧΡ
ΙΝΔsΖΕΤΟΥΣΧ̅ΚΒ |
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Languages
Greek
Dimensions
H: —; W: —; D: —
Date
558 CE to 559 CE
Current location
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Bibliography
Source of diplomatic
- ZoteroAvi-Yonah, Michael. “The Bath of the Lepers at Scythopolis.” Israel Exploration Journal 13, no. 4 (1963): 325–26.
Source of transcription
- ZoteroAvi-Yonah, Michael. “The Bath of the Lepers at Scythopolis.” Israel Exploration Journal 13, no. 4 (1963): 325–26.
Source of translation
- ZoteroAvi-Yonah, Michael. “The Bath of the Lepers at Scythopolis.” Israel Exploration Journal 13, no. 4 (1963): 325–26.
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," BSHE0001, 19 November 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89