Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Coastal Plain, Apollonia, 5th-6th centuries CE. Mosaic church inscription. Dedication

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Fifth-sixth centuries CE Coastal Plain Apollonia church Western portion of nave

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+ΑΜΒΡΟΣΙΗΣΤΕΛΕΘΩΑΙ Ν ΣΑΡΕΙΩΝΚΑΙΜΕΜΑΡΙΝΟΣΕΤΕΥΞΕΘΕΟΞΤΙΝΩΝ ΤΙΚΟΝΑΧΡΑΑΝΤΟΝΑΕΙΝΟΟΝΗΝΙΟΧΕΥΩΝ+

+ ἀμβροσίης τελέθω καὶ νέκταρος οἶκος ἀρεἰωνκαί με Μαρῖνος ἔτευξε θεὸν κλυτόμητιν αἴρων μυστικὸν ἀχράαντον ἀεὶ νόον ἡνιοχεύων +

I am a church better than ambrosia and nectar, and Marinos erected me exalting God-extolled-for-His wisdom and ever ruling his pure and mystic spirit.

The inscription is written in dactylic-hexameter.

ἀμβροσίης τελέθω καὶ νέκταρος οἶκος ἀρεἰων καί με Μαρῖνος ἔτευξε θεὸν κλυτόμητιν αἴρων μυστικὸν ἀχράαντον ἀεὶ νόον ἡνιοχεύων

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