Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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Caesarea, Fourth - mid-seventh century CE. Column. Honorific.
Transcription

Ευ ς τύπος ησα ἱερομον Εὐσέβιον, κοιρανίη ἔχει γέρας ἐκ τῶν τοῦτο καὶ ἐβ ν εἶχεν ὀφειλόμενον. ἕργων δ᾽ ἀν καὶ δαψομένοισιν οὐ χρυσὸν προτιμότερον. οὕτω ἐς Θεὸν ἔσχεν ὅλον νόον, εὐσεβίῃ τε μᾶλλον κοιρανέειν ἤθελεν ἢ δυνάμι. λισσομένῳ δ᾽ ἐπένευσεν Ἀλυπίῳ ἐν ἀντ᾽ εὐεργεσίης πολλάκις ἧς ἔτυχε.

Translation

… statue... sacred... Eusebius, rule... he had a statue because of the … This also … he had as his due. And of the deeds... and to those that will consume... not gold... more honored. Thus he kept his whole mind on God, and he wished to rule more by piety than by force. And he permitted Alypius, at the latter's request, (to honor him) in return for the kindness that he frequently obtained.

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 75 cm; W: 80 cm; D: —

Date

300 CE to 650 CE

Current location

Caesarea Museum

Figures

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Bibliography

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

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Other sources

  • Germer-Durand, J. “Epitaphe Grecque de Césarée Maritime.” Échos d’Orient 7, no. 5 (1904): 260–61.
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  • Lehmann, Clayton Miles, and Kenneth G. Holum. “The Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Caesarea Maritima.” In Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima Excavation Reports, Vol. 5. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000.
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," CAES0026, 5 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89