Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Einf0002

'Ein Fattir, Late 5th Century. Mosaic. Invocation.

Late 5th Century Judaea Ein Fattir31.72603,34.99212 Nave

In the white margin of the nave

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Χριστὲ βοήθει Ἰωάννου διακόνου.

Christ, help John the deacon.

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.

Χριστὲ βοήθει Ἰωάννου διακόνου.

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