Captions for Christian mosaic panels
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Sixth century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

[...] 436f., figs 8,9, whence [...] 20.711 [...] 324474; [...], B and pl. IX, X, whence [...], 1965.470; [...], 150, with plates. whence [...] 30.1786, [...] 324534; [...], 338.2ab.

Κτῆ ϲιϲ

Κόϲϲμηϲιϲ

Translations

[a]: Foundation.

[b]: Adornment

Commentary

For the building, probably of the sixth century, see Ward-Perkins, op. cit, 326-341

The texts are paralleled in the mosaic of CE 534 at Gsar Lebia (M.134). The spelling errors here, if nothing else, might suggest a date rather late in the sixth century