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Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 5th c. CE. Synagogue Mosaic. Dedicatory
Transcription

Μνησθῇεἰς ἀγαυὸν καὶ ἰςεὐλογίαν ὁ κύριος Λεόντιςὁ κλουβᾶς ὅτι ὑπὲρσωτηρίας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰωναθᾶἐψήφοσεω τὰ ὅδεἐξ ἠδήον

Translation

Remembered / to good and to / blessing (will be) the lord Leontis / the cage maker who for / his (own) salvation and / (also for) his brother Jonathan('s) / made this mosaic / from (his own) pocket

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 100 cm; W: 100 cm; D: —

Date

400 CE to 500 CE

Current location

Archaeological Museum, Beth-Shean

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Roth-Gerson, Lea. The Greek Inscriptions from the Synagogues in Eretz-Israel. Yerushalayim: Yad Yitshak Ben-Tsvi, 1987.
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Source of transcription

  • Roth-Gerson, Lea. The Greek Inscriptions from the Synagogues in Eretz-Israel. Yerushalayim: Yad Yitshak Ben-Tsvi, 1987.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Roth-Gerson, Lea. The Greek Inscriptions from the Synagogues in Eretz-Israel. Yerushalayim: Yad Yitshak Ben-Tsvi, 1987.
    Zotero

Other sources

  • Hüttenmeister, 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.
    Zotero
  • Tzori, Nechemiah. “The House of Kyrios Leontis at Beth-Shean.” Eretz-Israel 11 (1973): 229–47.
    Zotero
  • Lifshitz, 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.
    Zotero
  • Tzori, Nechemiah. “The House of Kyrios Leontis at Beth-Shean.” Israel Exploration Journal 16, no. 2 (1966): 123–34.
    Zotero
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