Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Gaza 0103

Gaza, 496 CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.

Medallion

496-497 CE Coastal Plain Gaza Jabaliyah Basilica

In the center of the south aisle

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

 Initial Entry renamed file and corrected Greek transcription Decorations, Site, Locus, Periodo Ref, minor fixes

Ἐπὶ Ζηνοβι ουἐπισκόπου καὶ Δωροθέου καὶ Ζοναίνου πρεσβθτέροι ἐψηφώθητοῦ ζνφʹ ἔτους.

Under Zenobia(?) … the bishop and the priests Dorotheos and Zonainos, the paving was completed in the year 557.

Year 557 in the era of Gaza is the equivalent of 496/497

Ἐπὶ Ζηνοβι ου ἐπισκόπου καὶ Δωροθέου καὶ Ζοναίνου πρεσβθτέροι ἐψηφώθη τοῦ ζνφʹ ἔτους.

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