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HAMM0002

Galilee. Hammatha, September-November 455 CE. Slab. Dedicatory.
Transcription

+Ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ τόπῳ μνησθῇ Μάρκος ὁ ἐξκέπτωρ ἅμα τοῖς ὑειοῖς αὐτοῦ Ἰεσσούῳ τῷ καὶ Θεοδώρῳ καὶ Δανιήλῳ τῷ καὶ Ἀντωνίνῳ, τοῖς ἐκ συμβιώσεως Νόννης. Ἀμήν. Ἰνδικτῶνος θ´ ἔτους ηιφ´+

Translation

In this holy place may Marcus the scribe be remembered, together with his sons, Jesus, also (called) Theodorus and Daniel, also (called) Antoninus, (born) from his marriage with Nonna. Amen. Indiction 9, year 518.

Diplomatic

+ΕΝΤWΑΓΙWΤΟΠWΜΝΗϹΘΗΜΑΡΚΟϹΟΕΞΚΕΠΤWΡΑΜΑΤΟΙϹΥΕΙΟΙϹΑΥΤΟΥΙϹϹΟΥWΤWΚΑΙΘΕΟΔWΡWΚΑΙΔΑΝΙΗΛWΤWΚΑΙΑΝΤWΝΙΝWΤΟΙϹΕΚϹΥΜΒΙWϹΕWϹΝΟΝΝΗϹΑΜΗΝΙΝΔϛΘΕΤΟΥϹ ΗΙΦ +

Terminus post quem:
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Languages

Latin, Greek

Dimensions

H: 102 cm; W: 78 cm; D: 3.8 cm

Date

455 CE to 455 CE

Current location

Israel Museum or IAA storehouse, Romema, Jerusalem

Figures

  • Cross beginning and end of the text. later obliterated, probably in the arab period

  • Rhomboid frame around inscription

  • Rectangular frame around the rhomboid one

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

  • Di 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.
    Zotero
  • Di Segni, Leah. “Greek Inscriptions of the Bath-House in Hammath Gader.” Aram 4 (1992): 307–28.
    Zotero
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