Tell Basul - Monastery

Church/Monastery name:

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Tzori, N., 1974	227, pl. 32 C (ph.) (ed. pr.)
Ovadiah, R. and Ovadiah, A., 1987	137-138, no. 235
Madden, A. M., 2014	168, no. 244

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Epigraphical corpora:

SEG 37 (1987): 1533 B

Inscription type:

quotation

Location:

In a mosaic pavement at the threshold of Room 6. (Ovadiah)

Physical description :

One-line mosaic inscription, of which only the end is presereved (extant length 101 cm). The beginning of the inscription was damaged and repaired in antiquity with clay. The letters, 10-13 cm high, with 44 tesserae per 100 sq cm, are made of red limestone.

Text:

[Αὕτη ἡ πύλη (τοῦ) Κυρίου, δί]κ(αιοι) εἰσελεύσ(ονται) ἐν αὐτῇ.

Translation:

This gate of the Lord into which the righteous shall enter.

Summary:

One-line mosaic inscription bearing a quotation from Psalms.

Citations from LXX / NT:

Ps. 117 (118):20