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SUSI0006

Galilee. Hippos (Susita), Fifth or sixth century CE. Mosaic floor. Invocation.

Transcription

Προσφορά ὦν Κύριος γινώσκει τά ὀνόματα Ἄγιε Κοσμά Ϛκαί Δαμιανέ πρόςδεξε, ἀμήν, Κύριε.

Translation

The offering of those whose names the Lord knows, may Sts Cosmas and Damianos accept. Amen, O Lord.

Diplomatic

ΠΡΟϹΦΟΡΑΟΝΚΥΡΙΟϹΓΙΝΟϹΚΗΤΑΟΝΟΜΑΤΑΑΓΙΕΚΩϹΜΑΣΔΑΜΙΑΝΕΠΡΔΕΞΕΑΜΗΝΚΕ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Mosaic inscription, complete, framed in tabula ansata in the southern aisle of the baptistry.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 40 cm; W: 140 cm; D: —

Date

400 CE to 599 CE

Current location

In situ

Figures

  • Tabula ansata framing the text

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

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Other sources

  • Epstein, C. “The Baptistery at Sussita-Hippos.” ’Atiqot 20 (1991): 89–94.
    Zotero
  • 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.
    Zotero
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