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CAES0204

Caesarea. Fourth to mid seventh century, CE. Gray marble plaque.


Transcription + θήκη Γεωργίου καὶ Ἀνασταςίας θὺν τέκνυς. +
Translation The tomb of Georgios and Anastasia with their children.
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

+ θήκη Γεωργίου καὶ Ἀνασταςίας θὺν τέκνυς. +

Translation

The tomb of Georgios and Anastasia with their children.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 300 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 650 CE

Notes

Gray marble plaque. The front is smooth, the back roughly pointed, and the forward edges of the sides smoothed but now much battered. The inscription in 4 lines is intact except at the upper right. There are crosses at the beginning of the text and centered at the bottom. Guidelines are preserved, spaced 40-42 for line 2, 42-49 for line 3, and ca. 42 for line 4. The space between guidelines widens to the right. The letters, not drawn carefully according to the guidelines, are irregular.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 22 cm; W: 21 cm; D: 4 cm

Date

300 CE to 650 CE

Current location

Louvre, Département des Antiquités Orientales

Figures

Cross beginning of the text and centered at the bottom of the inscription

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

Dussaud, René. Les Monuments Palestiniens et Judaïques (Moab, Judée, Philistie, Samarie, Galilée). Ernest Leroux, 1912.

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Clermont-Ganneau, Ch. Mission En Palestine et En Phénicie Entreprise En 1881: Cinquième Rapport. Imprimerie Nationale, 1884.

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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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