Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Bsur 0001

Beit Surik, 516 CE? Mosaic. Dedicatory.

Was "extensively damaged" when it was transcribed, and has since been destroyed.

Tabula ansata Around the inscription

516 CE? Judaea Beit Surik

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Initial Entry Edited (Condition, Date, Notes minor fixes) corrected Greek transcription

+ Ἐπὶ τοῦ Στεφάνου διακόνου καὶ κου ἀναγνώστουκαὶ ΕΖωσίμουΤΙΚΕ κυρίου Απὰν ἔργον ἐτελιώθη

In the time of … the deacon Stephen and … reader and … Zosimus … of the lord … completed all the work ...

The date comes from Clermon-Ganneau's reconstruction of the last three lines as [...ἐν ἔ]τ(ε)ικέ κ(υρί)ου Ἀ[ναστασίου τὸ π]ὰν ἔργον ἐ[τελιώθη] – in the year 25 of Lord Anastasios all the work was completeted. He posits that this referes to the emperor Anastasios. Madden writes that "the alpha (of the presumed name Anastasios) is extremely difficult to discern, hence his reconstruction is highly speculative."

Ἐπὶ τοῦ Στεφάνου διακόνου καὶ κου ἀναγνώστου καὶ Ε Ζωσίμου ΤΙΚΕ κυρίου Α πὰν ἔργον ἐτελιώθη

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