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HAMM0001
Hammatha, Fifth century CE. Bathhouse floor. Verse.
Transcription Μηκέτι τάρβος ἔχοιτε λοετροφόρου ἀσαμίνθου οὐλομένης, ἣ μύρια πολλοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκεν,
ἄνδρας σινομένη κτείνοθσά τε, πολλάκι παῖδας
ἡ τ᾽ ἀχανὴς γὰρ ὑπέρθεν ὅλην κατεχώσατο γαίη.
Ἄνδιχα δὲ στορέσας φιλοπαίγμονα θήκετο χῶρον
Νικᾶς, ἄλλοθι δοὺς τερψίμβροτον ἑλκέμεν ὕδωρ. |
Translation No longer be in dread of the water-carrying bath being smashed, which brougth
infinite sorrow to many, by hurking and killing men, in many cases children, for the
[yawning] earth buried it all from above. But now, having laid a pavement [on either
side], made a sporting place Nikas, having let pleasant water to be drawn elsewhere. |
Diplomatic ΜΗΚΕΤΙΤΑΡΒΟϹΕΧΟΙΤΕΛΟΕΤΡΟΦΟΡΟΥΑϹΑΜΙΝΘΟΥ
ΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΗϹΗΜΥΡΙΑΠΟΛΛΟΙϹΑΛΓΕΕΘΗΚΕΝ
ΝΔΡΑϹϹΙΝΟΜΕΝΗΚΤΕΙΝΟΥϹΑΤΕΠΟΛΛΑΚΙΠΑΙΔΑϹ
ϹΓΑΡΥΠΕΡΥΕΝΟΛΗΝΚΑΤΕΧWϹΑΤΟΓΑΙΗ
ΑΔΕϹΤΟΡΕϹΑϹΦΙΛΟΠΑΙΓΜΟΝΑΘΗΚΑΤΟΧWΡΟΝ
ΝΘΙΔΟΥϹΤΕΡΨΙΜΒΡΟΤΟΝΕΛΚΕΜΕΝΥΔWΡ |
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Languages
Greek
Dimensions
H: 110 cm; W: 98 cm; D: 5.5 cm
Date
455 CE to 455 CE
Current location
Israel Museum or IAA storehouse, Romema, Jerusalem
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
- ZoteroSupplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Vol. 36, 1986.
- ZoteroDi Segni, Leah. “The Greek Inscriptions of Hammat Gader.” In The Roman Baths of Hammat Gader: Final Report, edited by Yizhar Hirschfeld, 185–266. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1997.
- ZoteroDi Segni, Leah. “Greek Inscriptions of the Bath-House in Hammath Gader.” Aram 4 (1992): 307–28.
- ZoteroMeimaris, I. “Δυο επιγραφες της αυγουστης ευδοκιας.” Θεολογία (Theología) 54 (1983): 389–98.
- ZoteroDi Segni, Leah, and Yizhar Hirschfeld. “Four Greek Inscriptions from Hammat Gader from the Reign of Anastasius.” Israel Exploration Journal 36, no. 3–4 (1986): 251–68.
- ZoteroFeissel, D. “Bulletin Épigraphique: Inscriptions Chretiennes et Byzantines.” Revue Des Études Grecques 100 (1987): 347–87.
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