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‘Atiqot 100 (2020)
ISBN 2948-040X
A Greek Inscription from the French Hospital Compound, Yafo (Jaffa)
(pp. 221–224)
Leah Di Segni
Keywords: paleography, Christianity, cemetery, Greek
A mosaic inscription was found in the French Hospital Compound, set within a round medallion. The inscription is rendered in three lines of black tesserae on a white background and below the lines, an ivy leaf in black tesserae. It is a funerary inscription meant as a blessing to the deceased and farewell from the living. Based on the absence of Christian symbols, the inscription was dated to the early Byzantine period (fourth century CE).