Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Apol 0002

Apollonia, 350-529 CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.

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Reconstructed dimensions. The mosaic is not complete, but the inscription itself is nearly complete.

Six rows of Greek and one row of Samaritan

The Greek letters are in red tesserae and the Samaritan letters are in black tesserae

 Rectangular frame (single row of black tesserae) Framing the inscription Tri-color (black, red and white) guilloche-patterened frame Surrounding the black frame 350-529 CE Coastal Plain Apollonia Apollonia-Arsuf A trapezoidal room in area P1 in the southern part of the site

In the center of a mosaic in the southern half of the room

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

 Initial Entry added transcriptions and corrections Zev Radovan

Εἶς θεὸς μόνος ὁ βοηθῶν Γαδιωναν καὶ Ἰουλιανῷ καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἀξίοις פעלהבדה

One only god who helps Gadiona and Iulianus and all who deserve it. (Made it from his) possession in this place.

Tal argus that the isncription belonged to a Samaritan synagogue which which was later used for other purposes.

The inscription "is aligned in an east-west orientation, that is, the person reading it would face east toward Mount Gerizim."

"… Small parts of the mosaic were extracted from the floor in later periods and over time it was covered by whitewash that accumulated on the floor …"

"… it seems that the craftsman who made the inscription was not highly skilled and its wording may have been changed (that is, expanded) while the work was underway."

Εἶς θεὸς μόνος ὁ βοηθῶν Γαδιωναν καὶ Ἰουλιανῷ καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἀξίοις פעלהבדה

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