228*-232*, no. 5, fig. 5 (ph.) (ed. pr.) | |
737, no. 480 (Feissel) |
AE 2004: 1589
SEG 54 (2004): 1648
"As far as I know, it was found among the ruins of the little monastery excavated on the north slope of the tel, but not in situ." (Figueras)
Rectangular limestone plaque (100 x 35 x 21 cm) broken into numerous fragments. Today restored and kept together in wooden frame (Figueras).
[- - -] φιλοχρ(ίστου) Α[ὐγούστου Ἰουστίνου]
(καὶ) Σοφίας (καὶ) Τιβερίου Κωσταντίνου Καίσα[ρος - - -]
[- - -] προν[οίᾳ] or ἐκ] προν[οίας] τοῦ ἁγι(ωτάτου) (καὶ) μακαρ(ιωτάτου) Θεοδώρου Ι̣[- - -]
[- - - λ]αμπροτ(άτου) βικαρίου ἐν ἔτι υ[. .]
[In the time ?] of the Christ-loving A[ugustus Justinus] and Sophia and Tiberius Constantinus Caesa[r, ... and] by the care of the most holy and blessed bishop Theodorus [and the] clarissimus vicarius, in the year 4[...].
Ll. 1-2: Justin II and Sophia not identified by Figueras, who reads [☩ Ἐτελιώθη ἐπὶ - - τοῦ] φιλοχρ(ίστου) [καὶ - - - -] | (καὶ) σοφ(ω)τάτ(ου) Τιβερίου κτλ.; corrected and restored by Feissel (BE) and Gatier (AE). ll. 2-3: ΠΡΟΝ̣[- Di Segni, Καίσα(ρος) [καὶ τοῦ ἡμῶν | μη]τροπ(ολίτου) τοῦ ἁγιωτά(του καὶ) μακαρ(ιοτάτου) Θεοδώρου (καὶ), Figueras, but the first letter after the lacuna is a Π, Gatier (AE), who points out that Theodoros’ titulature shows that he was a bishop, Π̣ΡΟΤ̣[- Figueras; l.4. [- - τοῦ λ]αμπροτ(άτου) βικαρίου ἐν ἔτ(ει) Υ[- - ἰνδικτιῶνος - -], Figueras.
Building inscription on fragments of a limestone plaque mentioning Justin II, Sophia and Tiberius II Constantine, as well as the bishop Theodore, 574-578.
On the basis of the titulature, the date is 574-578; consequently the year (of the Arabian era) to be restored ranges between 4[69] and 4[73], Gatier.
The vicarius was not a governor of Palestine, pace Figueras, but the commander of a unit of soldiers; see Di Segni, Dated Greek Inscriptions, 1997:107-113. Theodorus is a new name in the list of the bishops of Elusa.