HAMM0050

Galilee. Hammatha. Sixth century, CE. Engraved in wall of bathhouse. Honorific.


Transcription Ὃν χρόνος ἠμάλδθνεν ἑλισσόμενος κατὰ κύκλον στῆσεν Ἀναστάσιος, βασιλεὺς μεγαλώνυμος ἥρως, σπουδῇ Ἀλεξάνδροιο, περίφρονος ἡγεμονῆος, Καισαρίης ναετῆρος, ὃς ἔλλαχεν ἥνια Νύσης.
Translation (This place) which Time crushed, revolving in its cycle, raised Anastasius, king-hero with a great name, under the care of Alexander, the thoughtful governor, dweller of Caesarea, who obtained the reins of Nysa.
Diplomatic ΟΝ‧ΧΡΟΝΟϹΗΜΑΛΔΥΝΕΝ‧ ΕΛΙϹϹΟΜΕΝΟϹ‧ΚΑΤΑΚΥΚΛΟΝ‧ ϹΤΗϹΕΝ‧ΑΝΑϹΤΑϹΙΟϹ‧ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ‧ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝΥΜΟϹ‧ΗΡΩϹ‧ ϹΠΟΥΔΗΙ‧ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΙΟ‧ ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΟϹ‧ΗΓΕΜΟΝΗΟϹ‧ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΗϹ‧ΝΑΕΤΗΡΟϹ‧ ΟϹ‧ΕΛΛΑΧΕΝ‧ΗΝΙΑ‧ΝΥϹΗϹ‧

Transcription

Ὃν χρόνος ἠμάλδθνεν ἑλισσόμενος κατὰ κύκλον στῆσεν Ἀναστάσιος, βασιλεὺς μεγαλώνυμος ἥρως, σπουδῇ Ἀλεξάνδροιο, περίφρονος ἡγεμονῆος, Καισαρίης ναετῆρος, ὃς ἔλλαχεν ἥνια Νύσης.

Translation

(This place) which Time crushed, revolving in its cycle, raised Anastasius, king-hero with a great name, under the care of Alexander, the thoughtful governor, dweller of Caesarea, who obtained the reins of Nysa.

Diplomatic

ΟΝ‧ΧΡΟΝΟϹΗΜΑΛΔΥΝΕΝ‧ ΕΛΙϹϹΟΜΕΝΟϹ‧ΚΑΤΑΚΥΚΛΟΝ‧ ϹΤΗϹΕΝ‧ΑΝΑϹΤΑϹΙΟϹ‧ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ‧ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝΥΜΟϹ‧ΗΡΩϹ‧ ϹΠΟΥΔΗΙ‧ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΙΟ‧ ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΟϹ‧ΗΓΕΜΟΝΗΟϹ‧ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΗϹ‧ΝΑΕΤΗΡΟϹ‧ ΟϹ‧ΕΛΛΑΧΕΝ‧ΗΝΙΑ‧ΝΥϹΗϹ‧

Terminus post quem:: 505 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 508 CE

Notes

Slab of grayish-white marble, originally placed approximately 6 m above the opening of the second alcove from the south.

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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.

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Feissel, D. “Bulletin Épigraphique: Inscriptions Chretiennes et Byzantines.” Revue Des Études Grecques 102 (1989): 481–509.

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Di 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.

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

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