A mosaic inscription for good fortune from Caesarea Maritima
A mosaic inscription for good fortune for a family, a husband, wife and children, from Caesarea Maritima
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CIIP2: 1185
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Greek inscription on a mosaic by Paulus for himself and Maria from Jabaliya (JAB0105)
Greek inscription on a mosaic from the church at el-Mkeitim in Jabaliya (near Gaza), dated c.528-530 CE (JAB0105). The dedication celebrations is on behalf of the priest Paulus and his sister, Maria (deceased). Paulus and Maria are also known from other mosaics in the same church; see JAB0101-JAB0104.
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CIIP3: 2454
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JAB0105
Greek mosaic inscription from church for Marcella from Ozem (OZE0101)
Greek inscription from the north aisle of a church from Ozem, dated to the 5th-6th century CE, invoking Jesus on behalf of a certain Marcella (OZE0101)
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CIIP3: 2424
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OZE0101
Mosaic floor with Samaritan Aramaic inscription mentioning Maximus/ona and Proxena/Priscianus as donors from Tel Qasile (QAS0101)
Dedicatory inscription on a mosaic floor for two donors of a large building. Although the inscription is in Aramaic Samaritan, the names of the donors are in Greek, and are rendered as either Maximus or Maximona and Priscianus or Proxena (QAS0101)
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CIIP3: 2168
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QAS0101
Greek mosaic inscription for Lady Silthus from Kissufim (KIS0101)
Greek mosaic inscription concerning Lady Silthus, probably a donor, from the 6th century church at Kissufim (KIS0101), and probably associated with the image of the woman accompanying it.
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CIIP3: 2544
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KIS0101
Greek inscription on a mosaic for Victor and Salamtha from Jabaliya (JAB0106)
Greek inscription from a mosaic found in the church at el-Mkeitim in Jabaliya (near Gaza), from the 5th-6th c. CE. The dedication concerns Victor and Salamtha, who were perhaps husband and wife (JAB0106).
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CIIP3: 2458
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JAB0106
Greek inscription on a mosaic by Paulus for himself and Maria from Jabaliya (JAB0104)
Greek inscription on a mosaic from the church at el-Mkeitim in Jabaliya (near Gaza), dated c.528-530 CE. The dedication celebrations the priest Paulus' donation of the mosaic pavement, on his own behalf and on behalf of his sister, Maria, during the administration of a certain Procopius. Paulus and Maria are also known from other mosaics in the same church; see JAB0101-JAB0103, JAB0105.
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CIIP3 no. 2453
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JAB0104
Greek inscription on a mosaic concerning a dedication by Paulus on behalf of himself and his sister Maria from Jabaliya (JAB0103)
Greek inscription from a mosaic in the church of el-Mkheitim in Jabaliya (near Gaza), dated c.528-530 CE. The inscription concerns the dedication of a baptismal font in the church by Paulus, a priest mentioned in other inscriptions from the church, and on behalf of his sister Maria (also mentioned in other inscriptions), now deceased. See also JAB0101-JAB0102, JAB0104-JAB0105.
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CIIP3: 2451
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JAB0103
Greek inscription on a mosaic concerning a donation by Paul and Maria from Jabaliya (JAB0102)
Inscribed mosaic celebrating donations by Paulus and Maria from the church of el-Mkheitim at Jabaliya (near Gaza), dated 528-530 CE. Paulus and Maria are also known from other mosaics in the same church; see JAB0101, JAB0103-JAB0105.
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CIIP3: 2447
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JAB0102
Greek inscription on a mosaic of Paulus, Flavia, and Marya from Jabaliya (JAB0101)
Greek mosaic mentioning Paulus, son of a monk, and Flavia and Marya, from the central nave of a 5th-6th century church at Jabaliya (near Gaza) (GAZ010). Paulus and Maria are also known from other mosaics in the same church; see JAB0102-JAB0105.
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CIIP3: 2446
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JAB0101
Mosaic portraits and inscriptions honoring the church warden Theodoros and his wife Georgia from Gerasa (GER0112)
Labeled pendant portraits on a mosaic floor, dated 533 CE, from the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damianus in Gerasa, depicting the παραμοναριος (paramonarius=church warden), Theodoros, and his wife, Georgia. Each figure appears in their one panel, and they are separated by a dedicatory inscription within an tabula ansata honoring Saints Cosmos and Damianus and other local church officials.
Georgia appears on the south panel, standing above (but not on) the ground line, flanked by two trees, with a Greek label including her name and relationship to Theodoros in the field above her. She is depicted standing in a long striped blue tunic, with black horizontal stripes along the openings of the sleeves. Britt (2008, 125) identifies small blue circles containing apotropaic swastika motifs along the bottom of her tunic. She wears a red cloak fastened at the center of her chest, and red shoes. Her arms are open and raised, a common gesture of praying (an 'orans' motif). Britt (1998, 124-125) notes the presence of a necklace and earrings, and Biebel (1938, 331), a hair net.
Theodoros appears on the panel to the north of the tabula ansata in a similar arrangement: flanked by two trees, standing above the basis. The Greek label at the top of the panel is interrupted by Theodoros' head. Theodore's is shown bearded, and with a mustache and close-cropped hair. He wears a long white tunic, with a long-sleeved white undergarment, and a red or orange cloak planeta or phelonion (a liturgical vestment; Biebel 1938, 331). He is shown at an angle, his right hand crossing his body to hold out an incense burner to one side.
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Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.482, nos.315-316, pl.LXXIII, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
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GER0112