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Golan. El-Kursi, 585-586 CE. Pavement mosaic. Dedication.
El-Kursi. Pavement mosaic in the basilica.
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ΜΕΝΟΥΕΓΕΝΕΤΟΗΨΗ
ΦΩΣΙΣΤΟΥΦΩΤΙΣΤΗ
ΡΙΟΥΕΝΜΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΩ
ΙΝΔSΤΕΤΑΡΤΗΕΠΙΤΟΥ
ΕΥΣΕΒSΚΑΙΦΙΛΟΧΥΗ
ΜΩΝΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣΜΑΥΡΙΚΙΟΥ
ΥΠΑΤΙΑΣ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ +
μένου
ἐγένετο ἡ ψή
φωσις τοῦ φωτιστη
ρίου ἐν
μῶν βασιλέως
Μαυρικίου
ὑπατίας πρώτης
In the time of the most God-beloved Stephanos, presbyter and superior, the mosaic decoration of the baptistry took place, in (the) month of December, (the) fourth indication[-year], in the first consulship of Maurice, our [most] pious and Christ-loving emperor.
Pavement mosaic, inscription complete. Inscription most recently published by V. Tzaferis. Brackets in the English translations represent slight alterations in Gregg from that of Tzaferis. There is an eta superscript over the mu in the fifth line of the diplomatic. Though Stephanos, the priest and superior of the monastic community in Gergesa, is not mentioned in extant literary sources, it is possible to date the inscription to the year 585/586 CE. This was the fourth year of the indication of the reign of Maurice. Urman believes the church and monastery in which the inscription was found were built in the preceding century.