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EVRO0004

Western Galilee. Evron, 415 CE - 490 CE. Mosaic Floor. Dedication.

Transcription

Ἐπί Σιλβανοῦ καί Ἀλέξων, διάκονοι, ἠγοράσθη ἡ στέγη, καί ἐπί Δομνίνου διακόνου οἰκοδομήθη ἠ ἁγία ἐκκλησία καὶ ἐπὶ Ἀντωνίου διακόνου τοδ

Translation

In the time of Silvanos and Alexon, the deacons, was purchased the roof, and in the time of Dominos the deacon, was built the holy church... and in the time of Anto[nios]... the deacon...

Diplomatic

ΕΠΙϹΙΛΒΑΝΟΥΚΑΙΑΛΕΞΩΝΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΙΗΓΟΡΑϹΘΗΗϹΤΕΓΗΚΑΙΕΠΙΔΟΜΝΙΝΟΥΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΥΟΙΚΟΔΟΜΗΘΗΗΑΓΙΑΕΚ ΚΑΙΕΠΙΑΝΤΩΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΥ ΤΟΔ

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Notes
One of thirteen Greek mosaic inscriptions found at a Christian church at Evron. This dedicatory mosaic is rectangular with a white background and a black border. The mosaic has significant damage, leaving a small hole in the middle of the first and second lines and a progressively larger one at the end of lines five through eight. The church was constructed in three stages, the first in the 415 CE, the second in 442-443 CE, and the third in 490 CE. The names Dominos, Antonios, and Silvanos are of Latin origin, while the name Alexon is Greek. The inscription makes use of lunate sigmas.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

415 CE to 490 CE

Current location

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Figures

  • square border around inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Other sources

  • Tzaferis, Vassilios. “The Greek Inscriptions from the Early Christian Church at Evron.” Eretz-Israel 19 (1987): 36–53.
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