Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 518 CE - 527 CE. Mosaic Medallion. Dedicatory

Mosaic Tesserae

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dimensions indicate diameter

Engraved. The height of the letters varies from 6-8 cm in the first four lines to 3.5-6.5 in the last line.

Concentric Circles of blue, pink, and white Form the Medallion blue tesserae on a white background separated by rows of pink tesserae First five lines of script 518 CE - 527 CE Jordan Valley Scythopolis-Beth Shean Samaritan(?) Synagogue Room 7

Medallion set in the mosaic pavement.

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

 Initial Entry Adding Pleiades IDs to origin/placenames Edited display date adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. Corrected expansion

ΧΙΡΟΘΕ ϹΙΑΜΑΡΙΑ ΝΟΥΚΑΙΤΟ ΥΙΟΥΑΥΤΟ ΥΑΝΙΝΑ

Χειροθεσία Μαριανοῦ καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀνίνα.

Handwork of Marianos and his son Aninas

The script is rough, with cursive alpha. The iota in 1.4 is double-dotted.

Χειροθεσία Μαριανοῦ καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀνίνα.

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