Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Bett 0004

Betthar, Mid-6th Century CE to early 8th Century. Mosaic. Dedicatory.

Square medallion Border of Inscription

Mid-6th Century CE to early 8th Century Judaea Betthar Pavement

Oriented north-east

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

 Initial Entry Edited (Location of Origin, Notes, minor fixes) corrected Greek inscription

σπουδῇ Ἐἰουλιάννου Πιστικοῦ ἐγένετο μηνὶ Μαρτίου ἰνδικτιῶνος εʹ.

At the haste of Julian Pistikos, it was made in the month of March indiction 5.

"… the precise nature of the building is unknown, though judging by the north-east orientation of the four Greek inscriptions recovered, as well as their apparent Christian context, it was in all probability a funerary chapel."

σπουδῇ Ἐἰουλιάννου Πιστικοῦ ἐγένετο μηνὶ Μαρτίου ἰνδικτιῶνος εʹ

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