Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Susi 0011

Hippos (Susita), 6th century CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.

Black tesserae

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Dimensions above are the maximum dimensions of the inscription. The tabula ansata containing the inscription has a height of 65 cm and a width of 120 cm.

Tabula ansata Framing the inscription

6th century CE Galilee Hippos (Susita) Southwest Church (Burnt Church) Northern aisle

In the eastern edge of the northern aisle, "4.40 m west of the chamber (pastophorium) doorway." Faces east.

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 Initial Entry Greek transcription added image Michael Eisenberg

ΑΒΑΣΘΕΟΔΟ ΡΟΣΚΑΙΒΑΣΠΕ ΤΡΟΣΟΤΙΑΤΥΕΚ ΤΕΙΣΑΝΤΑΔΥΩ ΜΕΤΡΙΔΙΑΤΟΥΜ ΑΡΤΥΡΙΟΝΤΟΥΤΟ

Ἀββᾶς ΘεόδωροςΘεόδορος καὶ ἀββᾶς Πέτρος, ὅτι αὐτὸναὐτυ ἔκτεισαν τὰ δύω μετρίδα τοῦ μαρτυρίουμαρτύριον τούτουτοῦτο.

Father Theodoros and father Petros (sc. are remembered here), because they themselves founded/built the two μετρίδια (?) of this sanctuary.

Staab and Eisenberg understand this church to be a martyrion dedicated to Theodoros Tiron of Amaseia.

Because the inscription faces east, one has to face away from the sanctuary to read it. Staab and Eisenberg suggest that this "might be due to liturgical convention, assuming that the priest entered the church in some pro- cession, stepping out of the adjoining room and first ambulating through the side aisle around the nave." During this procession the inscription "would have been oriented towards the direction of the priest’s gaze."

Ἀββᾶς Θεόδορος καὶ ἀββᾶς Πέτρος, ὅτι αὐτὸναὐτυ ἔκτεισαν τὰ δύω μετρίδα τοῦ μαρτυρίουμαρτύριον τούτουτοῦτο.

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