Mosaic floor with Samaritan Aramaic inscription mentioning Maximus/ona and Proxena/Priscianus as donors from Tel Qasile (QAS0101)
Dublin Core
Title
Mosaic floor with Samaritan Aramaic inscription mentioning Maximus/ona and Proxena/Priscianus as donors from Tel Qasile (QAS0101)
Description
Dedicatory inscription on a mosaic floor for two donors of a large building. Although the inscription is in Aramaic Samaritan, the names of the donors are in Greek, and are rendered as either Maximus or Maximona and Priscianus or Proxena (QAS0101)
Source
Publisher
CIIP3: 2168
Date
Format
Mosaic
Language
Identifier
QAS0101
Mosaic Inscription Item Type Metadata
Mosaic Dimensions
H 47cm
W 42cm,
W 42cm,
Brief Description of Mosaic Theme
One of a series of inscriptions done in red tesserae against a white background in a large building outside the main settlement of Tel Qasile
Location of Inscription
southern aisle
Translation
Maximus/ona is/will be remembered (for) he/she donated/is honored. Proxena Priscianus is/will be remembered (for) she/he donated/is honored
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Current Location (if known)
Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, no.21026-8
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Selected Bibliography
CIIP3=Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae, volume III: South Coast: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad, Ameling et. al. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2014. pp.10-11, no.2168
Citation
“Mosaic floor with Samaritan Aramaic inscription mentioning Maximus/ona and Proxena/Priscianus as donors from Tel Qasile (QAS0101),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 29, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/119.