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Shivta, Byzantine. Gate. Prayer.

Transcription

Πίστιν Ἀβραάμ Φιλίαν Ἰσαάκ Ἐλπίδαν Ἰακώβ Πραύτοτα Μουσῆν Δόξαν Δαουίδ Σοφίαν Σολομῶν Ὑπομονὴν Ἰώβ

Translation

... In faith like Abraham; in friendship like Isaac; in hope like Jacob; in humility like Moses; in glory like David; in wisdom like Solomon; in endurance like Job.

Diplomatic

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Notes
Figueras suggested φιλίαν may be the virtue attributed to Isaac; Negev hesitated to suggest any reconstruction.

Languages

Greek

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Date

324 CE to 638 CE

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Other sources

  • Negev, Avraham. The Greek Inscriptions from the Negev. Studium Biblicum Franciscanarum: Collectio Minor 25. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1981.
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  • Figueras, Pau. “Découvertes Récentes d’épigraphie Chrétienne En Israël.” In Actes Du XIe Congrès International d’archéologie Chrétienne: Lyon, Vienne, Grenoble, Genève et Aoste (21-28 Septembre 1986), 2:1771–85. Rome: Ecole française de Rome, 1989.
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