Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 carm0001 Carm 0001

Galilee. Carmiel, 500 CE - 600 CE. Mosaic on church floor. Dedication.

Concentric circles Around the inscription 500 CE - 600 CE Galilee Carmiel Khirbet Bata Byzantine church (Late stratum)

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

ΕΚΤΙΘΗΗΑΓΙΗΚΛΗΣΙΑΕΤΟΥϹΗΝΟΝΙΚΟϹΤΟΥΦΙΝΔΕΕΙΤΟΥΘΕΩΦΙΛΗϹΙϹΚΩΝϹΤΕΦΑΝΟΥΕΒΕϹΤΘΕΩ

Ἐκτίσθη ἡ ἁγία ἐκλησία ἔτους ἐνενικοστοῦ φ Ἰνδκτιῶνος ε ἐπι τοῦ θεοφιληστάτου ἐπισκόπου ἡμῶν Στεφάνου καί θεοσεβεστάτου θεωθεοῦ

The Holy Church was built in the year 590, on Indiction 5, in the time of our bishop, beloved of god, Stefanos,... reverer of God...

Ἐκτίσθη ἡ ἁγία ἐκλησία ἔτους ἐνενικοστοῦ φ Ἰνδκτιῶνος ε ἐπι τοῦ θεοφιληστάτου ἐπισκόπου ἡμῶν Στεφάνου καί θεοσεβεστάτου θεωθεοῦ

Circular mosaic with the bottom half badly damaged resulting in only the beginning of the inscription being reasonably preserved. Inscription written within concentric circles. The maker of the mosaic was probably neither a professional nor a native Greek speaker, which explains the poor workmanship. The inscription begins with the commemoration of the erection of the church. The date is presented in both the secular and indiction calendars (normally dates are written using only one method and not a combination of the two). The secular date is oddly expressed with "ninety" written with words and "500" abbreviated by representing with the Greek letter Φ.

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