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

Shavei Zion, Jan 486 CE. Mosaic floor. Dedicatory

White margin, border and field. Each diamond frames a smaller diamond. Medallion contains inscription

Jan 486 CE Coastal Plain Shavei Zion32.979597,35.0822 Southern Church Esonarthex

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σιωτάτου ἐπισκόπου ἡμῶν Φωτίνου καὶ εὐλαβεστάτου Κωσμᾶ τοῦ περιοδευτοῦ ἐτελειώθη τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο τῆς ψηφώσεως ἰνδικτιῶνος θʹ τοῦ αιχʹ ἔτους +

… our most pious bishop Photinos … and the most devout Kosmas … the periodeutes … was completed the work of the mosaic in the year 611, indiction 9. +

Dating is the Tyre calendar

σιωτάτου ἐπισκόπου ἡμῶν Φωτίνου καὶ εὐλαβεστάτου Κωσμᾶ τοῦ περιοδευτοῦ ἐτελειώθη τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο τῆς ψηφώσεως ἰνδικτιῶνος θʹ τοῦ αιχʹ ἔτους

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