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SUSI0003

Galilee. Hippos (Susita), 338 CE to 640 CE. Chancel Panel. Dedicatory.
Transcription

ἐν χρSόνῳ Προκοπίου πρεσβυτέρου + +

Translation

In the time of Procopius, presbyter.

Diplomatic

ΕΝΧΡSΠΡΟΚΟΠΙΟΥΠΡΕϹΒΥΤΕΡΟΥ + +

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
At the end of the single line of Greek letters are carved two crosses, and between them an incised image of a two-handled vessel. The panel may well be in re-use in the church. On the reverse of the inscribed surface there is evidence of an attempt to erase a relief figure of a dolphin, and the image of the relief that appears in the panel beneath the inscription is not self-evidently Christian: a portal is crowned by a conch-shaped lintel, and hanging in the center of the doorway, suspended from entwined cables is a globe - perhaps meant to represent a lamp.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

338 CE to 640 CE

Current location

In situ

Figures

  • Two crosses at the end of the line

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

  • Gregg, Robert C., and Dan Urman. Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Golan Heights: Greek and Other Inscriptions of the Roman and Byzantine Eras. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 140. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996.
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," SUSI0003, 9 September 2024. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89