Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Khes 0002

Khirbet esh-Shubeika, 5th Century CE. Bronze Oil Lamp. Dedicatory.

The inscription lies on the side of a bronze oil lamp.

Squares and herring bones Decorating the three legs of the lamp stand.

5th century CE Galilee Khirbet esh-Shubeika35.418444,32.518806 St. Sergius Monastery

Israel Antiquities Authority Inv. no. 99-3155

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry

Ἁγίῳ Σάβᾳ Χαλείπας ἀνέθηκεΧϛ.

To Saint Sabas, Chaleipas dedicated (this). 606?

Tzaferis conjectured that the third line refers to a date of some local calendar.

Feissel suggested that the two letters in the third line made up one numeral 606 in the era of Tyre

Ἁγίῳ Σάβᾳ Χαλείπας ἀνέθηκε Χϛ.

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