291-298, pl. 61 (ph., dr.) (ed. pr.) | |
69-70, no. 3, fig. 3 (dr.) |
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 2806 (ph., dr.)
At the eastern side of a white mosaic pavement in the southern part of a ruined building (6.8x6.6 m), 1400 m east of the cluster of caves at el-ʿAleiliyat.
Christian Palestinian Aramaic (CPA) inscription on a mosaic floor found within a monastic complex in the Wadi Suweinit. The five lines of the text and the cross preceding it are set in black tesserae on a white background; the inscription is surrounded by a rectangular frame of two rows of white tesserae.
Meas.: (frame) h 66, w 89 cm.
☩ מרא אקב[ל]
קורבנה דקש-
שא שילא דע-
4 בד דא זאו-
יתא, אמינ.
May the Lord accept the offering of the priest Silas who made this cell, Amen. (CIIP)
Ll.2-3 דקש[י]|שא Halloun and Rubin.
CPA dedicatory inscription of Silas the priest, in the mosaic pavement a ruined building 1400 m east of the cluster of caves at el-ʿAleiliyat.