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E04183: Floor-mosaic reportedly mentioning a blessing by *Peter (presumably the Apostle, S00036). Found in a monastic chapel at Tel 'Ira in the Negev desert, to the east of Beersheva (Roman province of Palaestina III). Probably 6th c.
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posted on 2017-10-19, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiIn 1995, Pau Figueras mentioned an unpublished floor-mosaic from a chapel at the monastery in Tel 'Ira. The inscription, he said, was 'irreparably damaged', but he offered an English translation of a copy he himself made, after the existence of the mosaic had been communicated to him by his student, Nimrod Negev. The translation reads:
'Our God has blessed us! Peter has blessed us! Our God!'
Text: Figueras 1995, 442.
'Our God has blessed us! Peter has blessed us! Our God!'
Text: Figueras 1995, 442.
History
Evidence ID
E04183Saint Name
Peter the Apostle : S00036Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Language
- Greek