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JERU0658
Jerusalem, 400-599. Mosaic Pavement Panel. Commemorative
Transcription Ὑπὲρ μνήμης καὶ καρποφορίας τῶνφιλοχρίστων Βασίλου ἐπάρχουΒασιλοῦς καὶ Βα |
Translation For the remembrance and offering of the Christ-loving Basilos praetorian prefect
and Ba… or Basilô (female name) and Ba… |
Diplomatic [no diplomatic] |
- Terminus post quem:
- Terminus ante quem:
Languages
Dimensions
H: 14 cm; W: 143 cm; D: —
Date
400 CE to 599 CE
Current location
Armenian Museum, Jerusalem
Figures
Panel of animals grazing in a paradise setting east of the inscription findspot
Pattern of overlapping scales in blue and red on the panel
Bibliography
Source of diplomatic
- ZoteroTsafrir, Y. “Zion -- The Southwestern Hill of Jerusalem and its Place in the Urban Development of the City in the Byzantine Period.” Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Hebrew University, 1975. (IIP-1098).
Source of transcription
- ZoteroTsafrir, Y. “Zion -- The Southwestern Hill of Jerusalem and its Place in the Urban Development of the City in the Byzantine Period.” Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Hebrew University, 1975. (IIP-1098).
Source of translation
- ZoteroTsafrir, Y. “Zion -- The Southwestern Hill of Jerusalem and its Place in the Urban Development of the City in the Byzantine Period.” Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Hebrew University, 1975. (IIP-1098).
Other sources
- ZoteroKenyon, K. M. “Excavations in Jerusalem, 1963.” Palestine Exploration Quarterly 96, no. 1 (1964): 7–18. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/peq.1964.96.1.7.
- ZoteroBieberstein, K., and H. Bloedhorn. Jerusalem: Grundzüge der Baugeschichte vom Chalkolithikum bis zur Frühzeit der osmanischen Herrschaft. Wiesbaden, 1994.
- ZoteroOvadiah, R., and A Ovadiah. Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine Mosaic Pavements in Israel. Roma, 1987.
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Satlow, Michael L., ed. 2002 - . “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine.” Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/PZ1D-ST89This inscription can be cited as:
"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," JERU0658, 6 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89