Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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Caesarea, 546 CE - 606 CE. Pavement (Mosaic). Dedicatory.
Transcription

ἐπὶ Φλαουίου Ἐντολίου τοῦ ἐνδοξωτάτου στρατηλάτου καὶ ἀνθυπάτου Φλάουιος Στρατήγιος περίβλεπτος πατὴρκαὶ πρωτεύων τὴν ἁψῖδα σὺν τῷ τοίχῳκαὶ τῇ ἀναβάθρᾳ ἀπὸ πολιτικῶν ἰνδικτιῶνος δεκάτης εὐτυχῶς.

Translation

Under Flavios Entolios , of gloriosissimate grade, general and proconsul, Flavios Strategios , of spectabilate grade, father and first man, (built) the arch together with the wall and the staircase from city funds, in the tenth indiction, with good fortune.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:

Languages

Greek, Latin

Dimensions

H: 124 cm; W: 435 cm; D: —

Date

546 CE to 606 CE

Current location

In situ

Figures

  • Curved lines beginning and end of line 6

  • Tabula ansata oriented with the top to the north and lies just below a flight of ten steps, whose width it extends around the inscription

  • Rosettes and double borders ansae

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

Other sources

  • Lifshitz, B. “Inscriptions Grecques de Césarée Au Palestine (Caesarea Palaestinae).” Revue Biblique 68, no. 1 (1961): 115–26.
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  • Yeivin, S. “Excavations at Caesarea Maritima.” Archaeology 8 (1955): 122–29.
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  • Robert, J. and L. “Bulletin Épigraphique.” Revue Des Études Grecques 75 (1962): 130–226.
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  • Yeivin, S. “Excavations at Caesarea Maritima.” Archaeology 8 (1955): 122–29.
    Zotero
  • Lifshitz, Baruch. “Césarée de Palestine, Son Histoire et Ses Institutions.” Aufstieg Und Niedergang Der Römischen Welt II.8 (1977): 490–518.
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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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  • Lifshitz, B. “Inscriptions Grecques de Césarée Au Palestine (Caesarea Palaestinae).” Revue Biblique 68, no. 1 (1961): 115–26.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," CAES0059, 19 November 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89