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HAMM0049

Galilee. Hammatha, 438 CE - 455 CE. Slab. Verse.

Transcription

+ Εὐδοκίας Αὐγούστης + Πολλὰ μὲν ἐν βιωτῷ καὶ ἀπίρονα θαύματ´ ὄπωπα, τίς δέ κεν ἐξερέοι, πόσα δὲ στόματ´, ὦ κλίβαν´ ἐσθλέ, σὸν μένος, οὐτιδανὸς γεγαὼς βροτός; Ἄλλά σε μᾶλλον ὠκεανὸν πυρόεντα νέον θέμις ἐσθὶ καλεῖσθαι, Παιάνα καὶ γενέτην γλυκερῶν δοτῆρα ῥεέθρων. Ἐκ σέο τίκτεται οἶδμα τὸ μύριον, ἄλλυδις ἄλλῃ, ὅππῃ μὲν θεῖον, πῇ δ´ αὖ κρυερόν τε μέσον τε. Τετράδας ἐς πίσυρας κρηνῶν προχέεις σέο κάλλος. Ἰνδή‧ Ματρώνα τε‧ Ῥεπέντινος‧ Ἠλίας ἁγνός‧ Ἀντωνῖνος εὖς‧ δροσερὰ Γαλατία καὶ αὐτὴ Ὑγεία‧ καὶ χλιαρὰ μεγάλα‧ χλιαρὰ δὲ τὰ μικρά‧ Μαργαρίτης‧ κλίβανος παλεός‧ Ἰνδή τε‧ καὶ ἄλλη Ματρώνα‧ Βριαρή τε, μονάστρια‧ κ´ ἡ πατριάρχου. Ὠδείνουσι τεὸν μένος ὄβριμον ἠνεκὲς αἰέν, ἀλλὰ θεὸν κλυτόμητιν ἀείσομαι εἰς εὐεργεσείην μερόπων τε χρ

Translation

By Eudocia Augusta In my life many and infinite wonders I have seen, But who, however many his mouths, could proclaim, O noble clibanus, Your strength, having been born a worthless mortal? But rather Is it just that you be called a new fiery ocean, Paean and life source, provider of sweet streams. From you is born the infinite swell, here one, there another, On this side boiling, but there in turn cold and tepid. You pour forth your beauty into four tetrads of springs. Indian and Matrona, Repentius, Elijah the Holy , Antoninus the Good , dewy Galatea and Hygeia herself, the large lukewarm pool and the small lukewarm pool, The Pearl, the old clibanus, Indian, and also anotherMatrona, Briara and the Nun, and the (spring) of the Patriarch. For those in pain your mighty strength [is ever constant].

Diplomatic

+ ΕΥΔΟΚΙΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΗϹ + ΠΟΛΛΑΜΕΝΕΝΒΙΩΤΩΚsΑΠΙΡΟΝΑΘΑΥΜΑΤΟΠΩΠΑ ΤΙϹΔΕΚΕΝΕΞΕΡΕΟΙΠΟϹΑΔΕϹΤΟΜΑΤ´ΩΚΛΙΒΑΝ´ΕϹΘΛΕ ϹΟΝΜΕΝΟϹΟΥΤΙΔΑΝΟϹΓΕΓΑΩϹΒΡΟΤΟϹ‧ΑΛΛΑϹΕΜΑΛΛΟ ΩΚΕΑΝΟΝΠΥΡΟΕΝΤΑΝΕΟΝΘΕΜΙϹΕϹΤΙΚΑΛΕΙϹΘΑΙ ΠΑΙΑΝΑΚΑΙΓΕΝΕΤΗΝΓΛΥΚΕΡΩΝΔΟΤΗΡΑΡΕΕΘΡΩΝ ΕΚϹΕΟΤΙΚΤΕΤΑΙΟΙΔΜΑΤΟΜΥΡΙΟΝΑΛΛΥΔΙϹΑΛΛΗ ΟΠΠΗΜΕΝΖΕΙΟΝΠΗΔ´ΑΥΚΡΥΕΡΟΝΤΕΜΕϹΟΝΤΕ ΤΕΤΡΑΔΑϹΕϹΠΙϹΥΡΑϹΚΡΗΝΩΝΠΡΟΧΕΕΙϹϹΕΟΚΑΛΛΟϹ ΙΝΔΗ‧ΜΑΤΡΩΝΑΤΕ‧ΡΕΠΕΝΤΙΝΟϹ‧ΗΛΙΑϹΑΓΝΟϹ‧ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹΕΥϹ‧ΔΡΟϹΕΡΑΓΑΛΑΤΙΑ‧ΚΑΙΑΥΤΗ ΥΓΕΙΑ‧ΚΑΙΧΛΙΑΡΑΜΕΓΑΛΑ‧ΧΛΙΑΡΑΔΕΤΑΜΙΚΡΑ‧ ΜΑΡΓΑΡΙΤΗϹ‧ΚΛΙΒΑΝΟϹΠΑΛΕΟϹ‧ΙΝΔΗΤΕ‧ΚΑΙΑΛΛΗ ΜΑΤΡΩΝΑ‧ΒΡΙΑΡΗΤΕΜΟΝΑϹΤΡΙΑ‧ΚΗΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΩΔΕΙΝΟΥϹΙΤΕΟΝΜΕΝΟϹΟΒΡΙΜΟΝΗΝΕ ΑΛΛΑΘΕΟΝΚΛΥΤΟΜΗΤΙΝΑΕΙϹΟΜ ΕΙϹΕΥΕΡΓΕϹΕΙΗΝΜΕΡΟΠΩΝΤΕΧΡ

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Notes
Slab of white-gray marble inscribed with two columns of eight lines each and headed by a line indicating authorship. Original length of the slab was 184-186 cm.

Languages

Latin, Hebrew, Greek

Dimensions

H: 71 cm; W: 181 cm; D: 2 cm

Date

438 CE to 455 CE

Current location

Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Figures

  • Two crosses. at either end of the author's name in the first line.

  • Shallow horizontal lines mark the upper limits of the characters

  • Vertical line ca 2 cm left of the halfway mark, indicated the limit of the left column

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

  • Meimaris, I. “Δυο επιγραφες της αυγουστης ευδοκιας.” Θεολογία (Theología) 54 (1983): 389–98.
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  • Green, J. “Greek Inscriptions from Hammat Gader: A Poem by the Empress Eudocia and Two Building Inscriptions.” Israel Exploration Journal 32 (1982): 77–96.
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  • Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Vol. 32, 1982.
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  • Robert, J. and L. “Bulletin Épigraphique.” Revue Des Études Grecques 97 (1984): 419–522.
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  • 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.
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