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Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 522-526 CE. City Wall. Dedicatory.
Transcription

+ Ἐκ τῆς δοθείσης θείας φιλοτιμίας κατὰ αἴτησιν Φλαουίου Ἀρσενίου τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου τὸ πᾶν ἔργον τοῦ τείχους ἀνενεώθη ἐν χρόνοις Φλαουίου Λέοντος τοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου ἄρχοντος ἰνδικτιῶνος δ´

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 Leo, the most magnificent governor, in the 4th (1st?) indiction.

Diplomatic

+ΕΚΤΗϹΔΟΘΕΙϹΗϹΘΙΑϹ ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΙΑϹΚΑΤΑΑΙΤΗ ϹΙΝΦΛς∙ΑΡϹΕΝΙΟΥΤΟΥΕΝΔΟΞς∙ ΤΟΠΑΝΕΡΓΟΝΤΟΥΤΙΧΟΥϹ ΑΝΕΝΕWΘΗΕΝΧΡΡ,ΦΛς∙ΛΕΟΝΤΟϹ ΤΟΥΜΕΓΑΛΟΠΡ,ΑΡΧΙΝΔς∙Δ

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

522 CE to 526 CE

Current location

Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia as of

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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).
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Source of transcription

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

Other sources

  • Starr, Joshua. “The Byzantine Inscriptions of Bethshan-Scythopolis.” The American Journal of Philology 58, no. 1 (1937): 83–89. http://www.jstor.org/stable/290163.
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  • Lifshitz, Baruch. “The Ancient Synagogue of Hamat-Tiberias, its Floor and Inscriptions.” In Studies in the History of the Jewish People and the Land of Israel, edited by B. Oded, U. Rappaport, A. Shochat, and J. Shatzmiller, 3:99–109. Haifa: University of Haifa, 1974.
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