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JERU0547

Jerusalem, 550 CE. Shem gate. Mosaic.
Transcription

Ἐπὶ τοῦ εὐσεβϛεστάτου ἡμῶν βασιλϛέως Φλϛαουίου ⸱Ἰ⸱ουστινιανοῦ καὶ τοῦτο το τὸ πᾶν ἔργον ἐπιστήσαϛς ἐξήγηρενἐξήγειρεν Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ θεοφιλϛέστατος πρεσβϛύτερος καὶ ἡγουμένουἡγούμενος ἰνδϛικτιῶνος ιδʹ.

Translation

In the time of our most pious emperor Flavius Justinian, also this entire building Constantine, the most God-loving priest and abbot, established and raised, in the 14th indiction.

Diplomatic

ΤΟΥΕΥϹΒϚΗΜΩΝΒΑϹΙΛϚ ΦΛϚ⸱Ι⸱ΟΥϹΤΙΝΙΑΝΟΥΚΤΟΥΤο ΤΟΠΑΝΕΡΓΟΝΕϹΑϚ ΕΞΗΓΗΡΕΝΚΩΝϹΤΑΝΝοϹ ΟΘΕΟΦΙΛϚΠΡΕϹΒϚΚΑΙ ΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΙΝΔϚΙΔ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 80 cm; W: 114 cm; D: 0 cm

Date

549 CE to 550 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • handles either side of the inscription

  • sprig following conclusion of inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Di Segni, Leah, and David Gellman. “A Justinian Inscription North of Byzantine Jerusalem, and Its Importance for the Dating of the Nea Chuch Inscription.” New Studies in the Archaeology of Jerusalem and Its Region: Collected Papers 11 (2017): 27–37.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Di Segni, Leah, and David Gellman. “A Justinian Inscription North of Byzantine Jerusalem, and Its Importance for the Dating of the Nea Chuch Inscription.” New Studies in the Archaeology of Jerusalem and Its Region: Collected Papers 11 (2017): 27–37.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Di Segni, Leah, and David Gellman. “A Justinian Inscription North of Byzantine Jerusalem, and Its Importance for the Dating of the Nea Chuch Inscription.” New Studies in the Archaeology of Jerusalem and Its Region: Collected Papers 11 (2017): 27–37.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," JERU0547, 21 April 2026. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89