Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow

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 Jeru 0547

Jerusalem, 550 CE. Shem gate. Mosaic.

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152 cm long including handles

Large lower-case omegas used in place of majuscule omegas; likewise the letter xi. Superscript omicrons are above the letter tau in both cases.

handles either side of the inscription sprig following conclusion of inscription 549-550 CE Judaea Jerusalem Shem Gate

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry supplied information Zev Radovan Zev Radovan Zev Radovan

ΤΟΥΕΥϹΒϚΗΜΩΝΒΑϹΙΛϚ ΦΛϚ⸱Ι⸱ΟΥϹΤΙΝΙΑΝΟΥΚΤΟΥΤο ΤΟΠΑΝΕΡΓΟΝΕϹΑϚ ΕΞΗΓΗΡΕΝΚΩΝϹΤΑΝΝοϹ ΟΘΕΟΦΙΛϚΠΡΕϹΒϚΚΑΙ ΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΙΝΔϚΙΔ

Ἐπὶ τοῦ εὐσεβϛεστάτου ἡμῶν βασιλϛέως Φλϛαουίου ⸱Ἰ⸱ουστινιανοῦ καὶ τοῦτο το τὸ πᾶν ἔργον ἐπιστήσαϛς ἐξήγηρενἐξήγειρεν Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ θεοφιλϛέστατος πρεσβϛύτερος καὶ ἡγουμένουἡγούμενος ἰνδϛικτιῶνος ιδʹ.

In the time of our most pious emperor Flavius Justinian, also this entire building Constantine, the most God-loving priest and abbot, established and raised, in the 14th indiction.

Ἐπὶ τοῦ εὐσεβϛεστάτου ἡμῶν βασιλϛέως Φλϛαουίου ⸱Ἰ⸱ουστινιανοῦ καὶ τοῦτο το τὸ πᾶν ἔργον ἐπιστήσαϛς ἐξήγηρενἐξήγειρεν Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ θεοφιλϛέστατος πρεσβϛύτερος καὶ ἡγουμένουἡγούμενος ἰνδϛικτιῶνος ιδʹ

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