Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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BSIL0001

Khirbet Beit Sila, 4th Century CE to 7th Century CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.
Transcription

+ Ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας καὶ ἀντιλήμψεως Πέτρου τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου ἐξ ὦν παρίσχεν αὐτοῦ ὁ ἅγιος Θεοδωρος ἐποίησεν τὴν προσθίκην τῆς ἐκκλεσίας καὶ τὴν κώνχην καὶ γήνοντε τὰ καταθέσιαμηνὶ Νοεμβρίῳ δεκάτῃ.

Translation

For the salvation and succour of Peter the priest; from what Saint Theodore granted him, he made the main body of the church and the apse; and the deposition (of relics) was done in the month of November, on the 10th (day).

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Image shows only one part of the inscription, which continues elsewhere in the mosaic.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

324 CE to 638 CE

Current location

Good Samaritan Museum

Figures

  • Tabula ansata eastern margin in border in the western threshold of the nave

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Madden, Andrew. Corpus of Byzantine Church Mosaic Pavements from Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Colloquia Antiqua 13. Leuven: Peeters, 2014.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Madden, Andrew. Corpus of Byzantine Church Mosaic Pavements from Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Colloquia Antiqua 13. Leuven: Peeters, 2014.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Madden, Andrew. Corpus of Byzantine Church Mosaic Pavements from Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Colloquia Antiqua 13. Leuven: Peeters, 2014.
    Zotero
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The project can be cited as:

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," BSIL0001, 8 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89