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Golan. El-Kursi, 585-586 CE. Pavement mosaic. Dedication.
Transcription

+ ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου Στεφάνου πρεσβυτέρου καὶ ἡγουμένου ἐγένετο ἡ ψήφωσις τοῦ φωτιστηρίου ἐν μηνὶ Δεκεμβρίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνι τετάρτῃ ἐπὶ τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου καὶ φιλοχρίστου ἡμῶν βασιλέως Μαυρικίου ὑπατίας πρώτης +

Translation

In the time of the most God-beloved Stephanos, presbyter and superior, the mosaic decoration of the baptistry took place, in (the) month of December, (the) fourth indication[-year], in the first consulship of Maurice, our [most] pious and Christ-loving emperor.

Diplomatic

+ ΕΠΙΤΟΥΘΕΟΦΙΛSΣΤΕ ΦΑΝΟΥΠΡΕΣΒSΚΑΙΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΕΓΕΝΕΤΟΗΨΗΦΩΣΙΣΤΟΥΦΩΤΙΣΤΗΡΙΟΥΕΝΜΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΩΙΝΔSΤΕΤΑΡΤΗΕΠΙΤΟΥΕΥΣΕΒSΚΑΙΦΙΛΟΧΥΗΜΩΝΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣΜΑΥΡΙΚΙΟΥΥΠΑΤΙΑΣ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ +

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Notes
Pavement mosaic, inscription complete. Inscription most recently published by V. Tzaferis. Brackets in the English translations represent slight alterations in Gregg from that of Tzaferis. There is an eta superscript over the mu in the fifth line of the diplomatic. Though Stephanos, the priest and superior of the monastic community in Gergesa, is not mentioned in extant literary sources, it is possible to date the inscription to the year 585/586 CE. This was the fourth year of the indication of the reign of Maurice. Urman believes the church and monastery in which the inscription was found were built in the preceding century.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 152 cm; W: 172 cm; D: —

Date

585 CE to 586 CE

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Figures

  • cross bottom right corner, end of inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

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Other sources

  • Tzaferis, Vassilios. “The Excavations of Kûrsî-Gergesa.” In ’Atiqot, Vol. 16. Jerusalem, 1983.
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  • Tzaferis, Vassilios. “The Excavations of Kûrsî-Gergesa.” In ’Atiqot, Vol. 16. Jerusalem, 1983.
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  • Gregg, Robert C., and Dan Urman. Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Golan Heights: Greek and Other Inscriptions of the Roman and Byzantine Eras. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 140. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996.
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