Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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JERU0631

Jerusalem, 330-638 CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.
Transcription

ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας καὶ ἠρίνης διαμόνης καὶ αντιλήμψεως Βάσσου ἀρχιδιακόνου καὶ Πέτρου κόμιτος καὶ Κυριακοῦ πρεσβυτϚέρου καὶ Θεοδόρας κϚαὶ Μαρίας τον φιλοχρϚίστων

Translation

For the salvation and enduring peace and succor of Bassus archdeacon and of Count Petrus and of Cyriacus priest and of Christ-loving Theodora and Maria.

Diplomatic

ΥΠΕΡΣΩΤΗΡΙΑΣΚΑΙΡΙΝΗΣΔΙΑΜΟΝΗΣΚΑΙΝΑΝΤΙΛΗΜ ΨΕΩΣΒΑΣΣΟΥΑΡΧΙΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΥΚΑΙΠΕΤΡΟΥΚΟΜΙΤΟΣΚΑΙ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΟΥΠΡΕΣΒΥΤϚΚΑΙΘΕΟΔΟΡΑΣΚϚΜΑΡΙΑΣΤΟΝΦΙΛΟΧΡϚ

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 45 cm; W: 338 cm; D: —

Date

330 CE to 638 CE

Current location

Rockafeller Museum, IAA inv. no. 1947-5532

Figures

  • Tabula ansata around inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Fischer, Moshe, Benjamin Isaac, and Roll, Israel. Roman Roads in Judaea II: The Jaffa-Jerusalem Roads. BAR International Series 628. Oxford: Tempus Reparatvm, 1996.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Fischer, Moshe, Benjamin Isaac, and Roll, Israel. Roman Roads in Judaea II: The Jaffa-Jerusalem Roads. BAR International Series 628. Oxford: Tempus Reparatvm, 1996.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Fischer, Moshe, Benjamin Isaac, and Roll, Israel. Roman Roads in Judaea II: The Jaffa-Jerusalem Roads. BAR International Series 628. Oxford: Tempus Reparatvm, 1996.
    Zotero
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Satlow, Michael L., ed. 2002 - . “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine.” Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/PZ1D-ST89

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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," JERU0631, 7 June 2026. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89