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SHIV0014

Shivta, 30 September 505 or 509 CE. Building inscription. Dedicatory.

Transcription

+ Σὺν Θεῷ. Ἐγένετω τούτω τὼ ἔργον ἐπὶ τῶν λαμπρωτάτων πριώρων καὶ ἐπὶ Φλαουίου Ἰωάννου Στεφάνου βικαρίου ἰνδικτιῶνος γ' μηνὶ Ὑπερβερεταίου ιγ᾿ τοῦ ἔτους Υ +

Translation

With the help fo God this work has been completed in the times of the most illustrius prioron and in the time of Flavius John (son) of Stephen the vicar, in the 3rd indiction-year, on the 13th of the month of Hyperberetaius in the year 400.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
The year 400 (505 CE) was not on the third indiction-year. The nearest third indiction-year was 509 CE. It is unclear which of the year listings is correct.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

324 CE to 638 CE

Current location

now lost

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

  • Negev, Avraham. The Greek Inscriptions from the Negev. Studium Biblicum Franciscanarum: Collectio Minor 25. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1981.
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Source of translation

  • Negev, Avraham. The Greek Inscriptions from the Negev. Studium Biblicum Franciscanarum: Collectio Minor 25. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1981.
    Zotero
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