HAMM0053

Galilee. Hammatha. Sixth or seventh century, CE. Engraved in wall of bathhouse. Dedication.


Transcription Τὴν τῶν χλιαρῶν δεῖ Καισαρέως ἄλλου θόλον καλεῖν Λέοντος, ὡς Ἀλεξάνδρου πάλιν.
Translation The tholos of the lukewarm pool should be named after another Caesarean, Leo, as it once (used to be named) after Alexander.
Diplomatic +ΤΗΝΤΩΝΧΛΙΑΡΩΝΔΕΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩϹΑΛΛΟΥΘΟΛΟΝ: ΚΑΛΕΙΝΛΕΟΝΤΟϹ ΩϹΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΠΑΛΑΙ

Transcription

Τὴν τῶν χλιαρῶν δεῖ Καισαρέως ἄλλου θόλον καλεῖν Λέοντος, ὡς Ἀλεξάνδρου πάλιν.

Translation

The tholos of the lukewarm pool should be named after another Caesarean, Leo, as it once (used to be named) after Alexander.

Diplomatic

+ΤΗΝΤΩΝΧΛΙΑΡΩΝΔΕΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩϹΑΛΛΟΥΘΟΛΟΝ: ΚΑΛΕΙΝΛΕΟΝΤΟϹ ΩϹΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΠΑΛΑΙ

Terminus post quem:: 500 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 700 CE

Notes

Slab of limestone or marble. First four lines of inscription are 54 cm long, the fifth short and centered.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 51.8 cm; W: 61 cm; D: —

Date

500 CE to 700 CE

Current location

Israel Museum or IAA storehouse, Romema, Jerusalem

Figures

Cross. beginning of first line.

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.

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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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