Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 524-525 CE. Slab. Dedicatory.
Transcription

+ Ἐκ τῆς δοθείσης θείας φιλοτιμίας κατὰ αἴτησιν Φλαουίου Ἀρσενίου τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου τὸ πᾶν ἔργον τοῦ τείχους ἀνενεώθη ἐν χρόνοις Φλαουίου Ἀναστασίου λαμπροτάτου ἄρχοντος ἐν ἰνδικτιῶνι γ´.

Translation

With a grant made by the imperial liberality at the request of the gloriosissimus Flavius Arsenius, the whole fabric of the city-wall was renovated, in the time of Flavius Anastasius, clarissimus governor, in the 3rd indiction.

Diplomatic

+ΕΚΤΗϹΔΟΘΕΙϹΕϹ ΘΙΑϹΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΙΑϹΚ, ΑΙΤΗϹΙΝΦΛϛΑΡϹΕΝΙΟΥ ΤΟΥΕΝΔΟΞ ϛΤΑΟΠΕΡΓϛ∙ ΤΟΥΤΙΧϛΑΝΕΝΕWΘΗ ΕΝΧΡ,Ρ,ΟΦΛΑΝΑϹΤΑϹΙΟΥ ΛΛΑΡΧϛΕΝΙΝΔ͑Γ

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Notes
Relates to the renovation of the city wall. Same inscription found on bshe0014

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 61 cm; W: 67 cm; D: —

Date

524 CE to 525 CE

Current location

Rockefeller Museum as of March 18, 2013

Figures

  • Possibility of decoration end

  • Cross beginning of text

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Di Segni, Leah. “Dated Greek Inscriptions from Palestine from the Roman and Byzantine Periods.” PhD Dissertation, Hebrew University, 1997. (IIP-563).
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Di Segni, Leah. “Dated Greek Inscriptions from Palestine from the Roman and Byzantine Periods.” PhD Dissertation, Hebrew University, 1997. (IIP-563).
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Di Segni, Leah. “Dated Greek Inscriptions from Palestine from the Roman and Byzantine Periods.” PhD Dissertation, Hebrew University, 1997. (IIP-563).
    Zotero
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Satlow, Michael L., ed. 2002 - . “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine.” Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/PZ1D-ST89

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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," BSHE0012, 11 July 2026. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89