Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
About Stories Resources Contact

Images

No images available

Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox

CARM0017

Galilee. Carmiel, Fifth or sixth century CE. Mosaic on church floor. Funerary(?).
Transcription

Ἀφαίου

Translation

... Aphaeos

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Rectangular mosaic inscription with black letters white background and a black outline. The top of the inscription is damaged. Inscription carm0017 is in the same rectangle mosaic as inscriptions carm0014, carm0015, amd carm0016. It is the far right column. There are decorative branches below the far right and far left columns. The name, of Greek origin, is uncommon. One of 18 mixed funerary and dedicatory inscriptions in the church's early stratum. It and five others may have been funerary inscriptions; they lack the formulaic opening of other funerary inscriptions of the group, but do not record a donation as do the group's dedicatory inscriptions.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

450 CE to 550 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • branches bottom left and right (below the the far right and far left columns)

  • patterned square frame around octagon

  • octagonal frame around 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

  • Tzaferis, Vassilios. “Greek Inscriptions From Carmiel.” Atiqot XXI (1992): 129–34. insc 17.
    Zotero
View XML

Cite This Inscription

IIP is committed to the idea that the public good is best served by keeping our data free for use and reuse. You can cite and use this inscription under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Note also that all images are either in the public domain or used with permission, and unless noted we do not hold copyright to them. For permission to reuse the images, please contact the copyright holder, noted in the illustration credit.

The project can be cited as:

Satlow, Michael L., ed. 2002 - . “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine.” Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/PZ1D-ST89

This inscription can be cited as:

"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," CARM0017, 26 July 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89