Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Shun 0003

Shuni, late second or early third century CE. Mosaic. Label for decorations.

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 late second or early third century CE Coastal Plain Shuni Area B

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry

ΤΟΠΩΡΙΝΗ

μετοπωρινή

Autumn

The inscription was first read by V. Tzaferis, who interpreted the word in Line 1 as derived from τόπος, ‘place’, and the word in Line 2 as [εἰ]ρίνη (iotacism for εἰρήνη), ‘peace’, which led to naming this part of the site ‘The place of peace’. However, the label must be read [με]τοπω|ρινήv, ‘Autumn’, and no letters are missing from the second line.

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