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Jueîzeh, Date unknown. Lintel. Dedicatory.
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ΚΕΝΙΑ
ΜΑΡΚΟΥΜ
ΗΥΓΟΥΤΟΥ
ΪΕ
κένια τοῦ ἁγίου
Μάρκου
The dedication is (?) (of the church) of St Mark. In the month of August, the 15th (day).
Dalman read the finals letters as TE (=305) and, assuming that the Bostran era was used in the region, dated the dedication to 410-411 CE. However, Gregg and Urman state that it is virtually certain that the final letters are an iota with a diaeresis (double dot) and an epsilon. The inscription gives evidence of a named chapel or church in Jueîzeh, but does not allow us to fix a year - or even a century - as its date of construction. The circle or wreath at the center of this inscription is empty; it is possible that a cross or other decoration was removed. Dimensions refer to the entire remainder of stone.