Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Emma 0004

Emmaus, 4th Century CE to 7th Century CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.

Medallion Around inscription

4th Century CE to 7th Century CE Judaea Emmaus Annexe? West of the room adjoining the south aisle

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Initial Entry renamed file, corrected Greek transcription Periodo ref, Locus, Decorations, Notes, minor fixes

+ Ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτουκαὶ ἁγιωτάτουἸωάννουἐπισκόπου

In the time of the most God-loved and holy bishop John...

"The rebuilding by the Crusaders greatly obscures the earlier remains and clear understanding of the site formation process. A probable scenario might envisage the southern edifice constituting the original church and the northern edifice its baptismal annexe. As the South Church contains figure mosaics that were not deface by iconoclasts, this suggests that it was destroyed at some stage prior to the early 8th century, following which the baptistry was remodelled as a church."

Ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου καὶ ἁγιωτάτου Ἰωάννου ἐπισκόπου

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