Ḥorvat Beth Loya - Church

Inscription number: 
4
Selected bibliography: 
110-111 (dr.) (in Hebrew) (ed. pr.)
264, fig. 27 (dr.)
27, no. 24
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

SEG 35 (1985): 1541

CIIP IV.2 (2018): 3750 (ph.)

Inscription type: 
quotation
Location: 

Findspot: In the baptistery in front of the screen at the entrance to the font.

Pres. loc.: In situ. Autopsy: 6 June 2014 (Werner Eck).

Physical description : 

One-line mosaic inscription within a rectangular frame.

Meas.: w 147.5 cm; letters 7-8 cm.

Text: 

☩ Φῶς δικέοις διὰ παντός. (palm) 

Translation: 

The righteous always have light. (CIIP)

Summary: 

One-line quotation from Proverbs within a rectangular frame, in the mosaic pavement of the baptistery.

Citations from LXX / NT: 
Prov. 13:9