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Galilee. Sepphoris, 400 CE - 500 CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.


Transcription Ϲωσίβιος Μίλχου ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας αὑτοῦ κὲ τῶν τέκνων αὐτοῦ ἐποίησεν τὴν τάβλαν. Εὐλογία αὐτοῖς.
Translation So[sibi]os (?) (son) of [Mil]chos (?).... for the preservation of himself and of his children made [this panel. A b]lessing upon them.
Diplomatic ϹΩΟϹ ΧΟΥΡϹΩΤΗΡΙΑϹΑΥΤΟΥΚΕΤΩΝΤΕΚΝ ΩΝΤΟΥΕΠ ΥΛΟΓΙΑΑΥΤΟΙϹ

Transcription

Ϲωσίβιος Μίλχου ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας αὑτοῦ κὲ τῶν τέκνων αὐτοῦ ἐποίησεν

τὴν

τάβλαν. Εὐλογία αὐτοῖς.

Translation

So[sibi]os (?) (son) of [Mil]chos (?).... for the preservation of himself and of his children made [this panel. A b]lessing upon them.

Diplomatic

ϹΩΟϹ ΧΟΥΡϹΩΤΗΡΙΑϹΑΥΤΟΥΚΕΤΩΝΤΕΚΝ ΩΝΤΟΥΕΠ ΥΛΟΓΙΑΑΥΤΟΙϹ

Terminus post quem:: 400 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 500 CE

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

400 CE to 500 CE

Current location

In situ

Figures

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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

Weiss, Zeev. The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2005. page 210.

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