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KHES0002

Khirbet esh-Shubeika, 5th Century CE. Bronze Oil Lamp. Dedicatory.
Transcription

Ἁγίῳ Σάβᾳ Χαλείπας ἀνέθηκεΧϛ.

Translation

To Saint Sabas, Chaleipas dedicated (this). 606?

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Tzaferis conjectured that the third line refers to a date of some local calendar.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

400 CE to 499 CE

Current location

Israel Antiquities Authority Inv. no. 99-3155

Figures

  • Squares and herring bones decorating the three legs of the lamp stand.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Aviam, M. “Remains of Churches and Monasteries in Western Galilee.” Qadmoniot 28, no. 1 (1995): 47–59. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23681395.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Aviam, M. “Remains of Churches and Monasteries in Western Galilee.” Qadmoniot 28, no. 1 (1995): 47–59. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23681395.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Aviam, M. “Remains of Churches and Monasteries in Western Galilee.” Qadmoniot 28, no. 1 (1995): 47–59. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23681395.
    Zotero

Other sources

  • Gatier, P.-L., and D. Feissel. “Syrie, Phénicie, Palestine, Arabie.” Revue Des Études Grecques, no. 118 (2005): 548–69. https://www.persee.fr/doc/reg_0035-2039_2005_num_118_2_4636#reg_0035-2039_2005_num_118_2_T2_0548_0000.
    Zotero
  • Avshalom-Gorni, D., A. Tacher, and Z. Gal. “Excavations at Khirbet el-Shubeika 1991, 1993: The Settlement.” In Eretz Zafon: Studies in Galilean Archaeology, 220–54. Jerusalem, 2002.
    Zotero
  • Tzaferis, V., and Z. Gal. “Excavations at Khirbet el-Shubeika 1991, 1993: The Church.” In Eretz Zafon: Studies in Galilean Archaeology, 340–44. Jerusalem, 2002.
    Zotero
  • Israeli, Y., and D. Mevorah. “Monasticism in the Holy Land.” In Cradle of Christianity, 169–85. Jerusalem, 2000.
    Zotero
  • Avshalom-Gorni, D., A. Tacher, and V. Tzaferis. “The Veneration of St. Sabas in Southern Phoenicia: The Evidence ofT.” In The Sabaite Heritage in the Orthodox Church from the Fifth Century to the Present, 347–52, 2001.
    Zotero
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