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Galilee. Sepphoris, 400 CE - 500 CE. Synagogue. Black and white floor mosaic. Dedication.
Sepphoris, Synagogue. Mosaic carpet in Northern Aisle.
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These inscriptions were placed in the square panels appearing at the junctions between the circles that comprise the mosaic carpet in the northern aisle. The pattern suggests that there were originally thirteen dedicatory inscriptions in all. The upper right corner of this inscription was destroyed, so that the beginnings of the first three lines are missing. The first is assumed to be the standard "Remembered be" opening; the second is the name of the donor, which cannot be reconstructed; the third, preceded by the name of the the donor's father and followed by the name of the grandfather, is assumed to be the word "son." The name Taddai is the Aramaic form of Greek Theodoros, Theodotos, or Theodotion. The grandfather's name is less clear; it is either an unattested form derived from an early, perhaps Biblical, name, or it is actually a title given him, "captor," as an Aramaic active participle.