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

'Ein Fattir, 476-531 CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.

Tabula ansata Around inscription

461-536 CE Judaea Ein Fattir31.72603,34.99212 Small basilica Nave

Before the chancel screen

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 Initial Entry renamed file, corrected transcription Edited (Decorations, minor fixes) corrections added image Zev Radovan

Ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοσεβεστάτου καὶ ὁσιωτάτου ἡμῶν ἐπισκόπου Ἀναστασίου ἀνενεώθη τὸ πᾶν ἔργον τῆς ἁγιωτάτης ἐκκλησίας ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας καὶ μακροημερεύεσος τῶν καρποφορησάντων ἐψηφώθη μηνὶ Μαρτίου ἰνδικτιῶνος ιδʹ ψηφοθεσία Κλαυδιανοῦ καὶ Ἰμαννουελ ιεʹ μηνὸς Μαρτίου.

In the time of our most God-fearing and pious bishop Anastasios all of the most holy church was restored for the salvation and longevity of the benefactors, and it was paved in the month of March, indiction 14, by the mosaicists Claudian and Emmanuel (15 March?).

The date is likely 461 or 476 and the Anastasios refrenced could be Bishop Anastasios I of Jerusalem. Three coins found in the courtyard support this date of late 5th Century. The mosaic could also be dated to 536 CE and could be referring to Bishop Anastasios of Eleutheropolis.

Ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοσεβεστάτου καὶ ὁσιωτάτου ἡμῶν ἐπισκόπου Ἀναστασίου ἀνενεώθη τὸ πᾶν ἔργον τῆς ἁγιωτάτης ἐκκλησίας ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας καὶ μακροημερεύεσος τῶν καρποφορησάντων ἐψηφώθη μηνὶ Μαρτίου ἰνδικτιῶνος ιδʹ ψηφοθεσία Κλαυδιανοῦ καὶ Ἰμαννουελ ιεʹ μηνὸς Μαρτίου.

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