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HAMM0054

Galilee. Hammatha, December 5, 662 CE. Slab. Dedicatory.
Transcription

+ Ἐπὶ Ἀβδάλλα Μαάυια ἀμήρα ἀλμουμενὴν ἀπελούθη καὶ ἀνενεώθη ὁ κλίβανος τῶν ἐνταῦθα διὰ Ἀβδάλλα υἱοῦ Ἀβουασέμου συμβούλου, ἐν μηνὴ Δεκεμβρίῳ πέμπτῃ, ἡμέρᾳ δευτέρᾳ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ς´, ἔτους τῆς κολωνίας ςκψ, κατὰ Ἀράβας ἔτους μβ´, εἰς ἴασην τῶν νοσούντων, σπουδῇ Ἰωάννου μειζοτέρου Γαδαρηνοῦ.

Translation

In the days of Abdallah Mu'awiya, the commander of the faithful, the clibanus of the baths here was cleared and renewed by Abdallah son of Abu Hashim , the governor, in the month of December, on the fifth day, Monday, in the 6th year of the indiction, in the year 726 of the colony, according to the Arabs the 42nd year, for the healing of the sick, under the care of John the Gadarene, the steward.

Diplomatic

+ΕΠΙΑΒΔΑΛΛΑΜΑΑΥΙΑΑΜΗΡΑ ΑΛΜΟΥΜΕΝΗΝΑΠΕΛΥΘΗΚSΑΝΕ ΝΕΩΘΗΟΚΛΙΒΑΝΟϹΤΩΝΕΝΤΑΥ ΘΑΔΙΑΑΒΔΑΛΛΑΥΙΟΥΑΒΟΥΑϹΕΜΟΥ ϹΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΥΕΝΜΗΝΗΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΩ ΠΕΜΠΤΗΗΜΕΡΑΔΕΥΤΕΡΑΙΝΔϛS ΕΤΟΥϹΤΗϹΚΟΛΩΝϛSΚΨΚΑΤΑΑΡΑΒΑ ΕΤΟΥϹΜΒΕΙϹΙΑϹΗΝΤΩΝΝΟϹΟΥΝ ΤΩΝϹΠΟΥΔΗΙΩΑΝΝΟΥΜΙΓΑΔΑΡΗΝΟΥ

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Notes
Slab of gray marble installed 2.1 m above the floor.

Languages

Greek, Arabic

Dimensions

H: 44 cm; W: 75 cm; D: 3 cm

Date

662 CE to 662 CE

Current location

Israel Museum, 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, 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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  • Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Vol. 30, 1980.
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  • Hirschfeld, Y. “The Roman Thermae at Hammat Gader: Prelimnary Report of Three Seasons of Excavation.” Israel Exploration Journal 31 (1981): 197–219.
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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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  • Hirschfeld, Y. “The Roman Thermae at Hammat Gader: Three Seasons of Excavation.” Qadmoniyot 13 (1980): 66–79.
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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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