Location
BSHE0010
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 5th c. CE. Synagogue Mosaic. Dedicatory
Transcription Κύριε
βοήθει Λεοντίου
κλουβᾶ |
Translation Lord help Leontis [the] cage maker |
Diplomatic [no diplomatic] |
- Terminus post quem:
- Terminus ante quem:
Languages
Greek
Dimensions
H: —; W: 47 cm; D: —
Date
400 CE to 500 CE
Current location
Archaeological Museum, Beth-Shean
Figures
Mosaic with aquatic scene of two figures and a bird. The righthand figure is a man sailing a ship. The lefthand figure is a mythical creature part woman and part animal playing a flute. The upper image seems to be the scene of Odysseus being tempted by a Siren inscription is part of the top of the scene.
Bibliography
Source of diplomatic
- ZoteroRoth-Gerson, Lea. The Greek Inscriptions from the Synagogues in Eretz-Israel. Yerushalayim: Yad Yitshak Ben-Tsvi, 1987.
Source of transcription
- ZoteroRoth-Gerson, Lea. The Greek Inscriptions from the Synagogues in Eretz-Israel. Yerushalayim: Yad Yitshak Ben-Tsvi, 1987.
Source of translation
- ZoteroRoth-Gerson, Lea. The Greek Inscriptions from the Synagogues in Eretz-Israel. Yerushalayim: Yad Yitshak Ben-Tsvi, 1987.
Other sources
- ZoteroTzori, Nechemiah. “The House of Kyrios Leontis at Beth-Shean.” Eretz-Israel 11 (1973): 229–47.
- ZoteroTzori, Nechemiah. “The House of Kyrios Leontis at Beth-Shean.” Israel Exploration Journal 16, no. 2 (1966): 123–34.
- ZoteroLifshitz, Baruch. Donateurs et fondateurs dans les synagogues juives: Répertoire des dédicaces grecques relatives à la construction et à la réfection des synagogues. Cahiers de la Revue biblique 7. Paris: Gabalda, 1967.
- ZoteroHüttenmeister, Frowald, and Gottfried Reeg. “Die Antiken Synagogen in Israel.” In Beihefte Zum Tübinger Atlas Des Vorderen Orients: Reihe B (Geisteswissenschaften); Nr. 12, 1st ed. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, 1977.
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