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Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 553-4 or rather 568-9 CE. Mosaic Pavement. Dedicatory
Transcription

Προσφορὰ ὑπὲρ μνήμης καὶ τελείας ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναπαύσεως Ζοσίμου ἰλλουστρίου καὶ σωτηρίας καὶ ἀντιλήμψεως Ἰωάννου ἐνδοξοτάτου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων καὶ Πέτρου καὶ Ἀναστασίου φιλοχρίστων κομίτων καὶ παντὸς τοῦ εὐλογιμένου αὐτῶν οἴκου εὐχαῖς τῶν ἁγίων. Ἀμήν.

Translation

Offering for the memory and the perfect rest in Christ of the illustrius Zosimus, and the preservation and succour of John, the gloriosissimus honorary prefect, and of Peter and Anastasius, Christ-loving comites, and of all their blessed house, through the prayers of the saints. Amen.

Diplomatic

+ΠΡΥΠΕΡΗΜΗϹĶΤΕΛΙΑϹ ΕΝΧWΑΝΑΠΑΥϹΕWϹΖWϹΙΜΟΥ ΙΛΛΟΥϹΤΡΙΟΥĶϹWΤΗΡΙΑϹ ĶΑΝΤΙΛΗΜΨΕWϹΙWΑΝΝΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞΑΠΟΕΠΑΡΧWΝĶΠΕΤΡɤ ĶΑΝΑϹΤΑϹΙɤΦΙΛΟΧΡΙϹΤWΝ ΚΟΜΙΤWΝĶΠΑΝΤΟϹΤΟΥΕΥΛΟΓΙΜΕΝ ΑΥΤWΝΟΙΚΟΥΕΥΧ WΝΑΜΗΝ

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Languages

Greek

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H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

553 CE to 569 CE

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  • Crosses beginning and end of texts

  • Tabula Ansata Oriented to the North. framing the 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).
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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).
    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

Other sources

  • Fitzgerald, G. M. A Sixth Century Monastery at Beth-Shan (Scythopolis). Vol. iv. Publications of the Palestine Section of the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1939.
    Zotero
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