Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine

Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Monastery of Lady Mary, 553-4 or 568-9 CE. Mosaic Floor. Prayer.

Mosaic Tesserae

Square Script. A diagonal stroke marks the truncation, a horizontal one the nomen sacrum.

Crosses Beginning and End of Text Tabula ansata Frames text except for the last word, which is inscribed between the lower frame and the edge of the mosaic carpet of the hall.

553-4 or rather 568-9 CE. Jordan Valley Scythopolis-Beth Shean Monastery of Lady Mary Beyond the northern edge of the mosaic carpet of the hall, in front of Room K

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Edited Adding Pleiades IDs to origin/placenames Changed settlement from Beth Shean to Scythopolis-Beth Shean Corrected bibliographic reference adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.

+ΧΕΟΘϹΗΜWΝϹΚΕΠΗΚ̧ΑΝΤΙΛΗΜΨΙϹΓΕΝΟΥ ΚΥΡου∙Ι∙WΑΝΝου ΕΝΔΟΞΑΠΟΕΠΑΡΧWΝΚΤου ΕΥΛΟΓΙΜΕΝου ΑΥΤΟΥΟΙΚου ΕΥΧΕϹΤWΝΑΓΙWΝ ΑΜΗΝ

Χριστὲ ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, σκέπη καὶ ἀντίλημψις γενοῦ κύρου Ἰωάννου ἐνδοξοτάτου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων καὶ τοῦ εὐλογιμένου αὐτοῦ οἴκου, εὐχες τῶν ἁγίων. Ἀμήν.

O Christ our God, be Thou the protection and succour of Lord John, the gloriossissimus honorary prefect and of his blessed house, through the prayers of the saints. Amen.

Ligatures of Π and H and of Π and M occur in 1. 1; the diphtong OY is monogrammed. A dotted iota appears in 1. 2.L.3: εὐλογ<η>μένου iotacism; εὐχ(αῖ)ς phonetic spelling.

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