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CAES0078

Caesarea. Fourth to mid-seventh centuries, CE. Tessellated pavement with inscribed panel, in synagogue. Dedication.

Transcription

Ἰοῦλις εὐξάμενος ἐποησε πόδας

Translation

Ioulis donated...feet (of mosaic pavement) in fulfillment of a vow.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Tessellated pavement with fragment of rectangular panel. Dimensions given are for inscribed panel only. Entire tessellated pavement is 7.30 m by 3.30 m. Border is ornate, consisting of a single line of tesserae, then a series of patterned squares, a guilloche, a dogstooth, and, on the outside of the border, a double line of tesserae, all in buff, yellow, red, and black.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 53 cm; W: 55 cm; D: —

Date

300 CE to 650 CE

Current location

Unknown

Figures

No figures described.

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

  • Sukenik, E. L. “More about the Ancient Synagogue of Caesarea.” Louis M. Rabinowitz Fund for the Exploration of Ancient Synagogues, Bulletin 2, 1951, 28–30. page pls. 13-14.
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  • Ringel, Joseph. Césarée de Palestine: Étude Historique et Archéologique. Éditions Ophrys, 1975. insc 1.
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  • Lifshitz, Baruch. Donateurs et fondateurs dans les synagogues juives: Répertoire des dédicaces grecques relatives à la construction et à la réfection des synagogues. Cahiers de la Revue biblique 7. Paris: Gabalda, 1967. page 51.
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  • Schwabe, Moshe. “The Synagogue at Caesarea and its Inscriptions.” In Alexander Marx, 433–49. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1950. page 433-4.
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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. page plate LVII, nos. 78a, 78b.
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  • Avi-Yonah, Michael. “Caesarea: The Excavation of the Synagogue.” In Ha-Entsiklopedyah Ha-Hadashah La-Hafirot Arkhe’ologiyot Be-Erets Yisra’el, edited by Ayelet Lewison-Gilboa, Ephraim Stern, and Joseph Aviram, 1:278–80, 1993. page 1:280.
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  • Schwabe, Moshe. “The Synagogue at Caesarea and its Inscriptions.” In Alexander Marx, 433–49. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1950. page pls. 1, 3.
    Zotero
  • Ringel, Joseph. Césarée de Palestine: Étude Historique et Archéologique. Éditions Ophrys, 1975. page pl. 23.
    Zotero
  • Hüttenmeister, Frowald, and Gottfried Reeg. “Die Antiken Synagogen in Israel.” In Beihefte Zum Tübinger Atlas Des Vorderen Orients: Reihe B (Geisteswissenschaften); Nr. 12, 1st ed. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, 1977. page 82.
    Zotero
  • Sukenik, E. L. “More about the Ancient Synagogue of Caesarea.” Louis M. Rabinowitz Fund for the Exploration of Ancient Synagogues, Bulletin 2, 1951, 28–30. page 29.
    Zotero
  • Lifshitz, Baruch. Donateurs et fondateurs dans les synagogues juives: Répertoire des dédicaces grecques relatives à la construction et à la réfection des synagogues. Cahiers de la Revue biblique 7. Paris: Gabalda, 1967. insc 65.
    Zotero
  • Hüttenmeister, Frowald, and Gottfried Reeg. “Die Antiken Synagogen in Israel.” In Beihefte Zum Tübinger Atlas Des Vorderen Orients: Reihe B (Geisteswissenschaften); Nr. 12, 1st ed. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, 1977. insc 3.
    Zotero
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