Byzantine Graffiti in Underground Water Facilities in the Galilee and Judean Foothills
This article will discuss four graffiti from the Byzantine period that were incised during the construction of water systems. Two were incised into the plaster of water reservoirs that were adjacent to or part of Byzantine churches in the western Upper Galilee. The other two were found in the Judean...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2018]
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Revue biblique
Year: 2018, Volume: 125, Issue: 3, Pages: 406-435 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Palestine
/ Water supply
/ Graffito
/ Christianity
/ History 330-1450
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| IxTheo Classification: | CA Christianity HH Archaeology KAA Church history KBL Near East and North Africa |
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| Summary: | This article will discuss four graffiti from the Byzantine period that were incised during the construction of water systems. Two were incised into the plaster of water reservoirs that were adjacent to or part of Byzantine churches in the western Upper Galilee. The other two were found in the Judean Foothills - one on the doorpost of a Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period that was repurposed as a cistern in the Byzantine era; the other, carved into the wall of a deep well dug near a church or monastery. These graffiti include various Christian symbols. The symbolic and meaning of those graffiti will be discussed below. They evidently represent the inner feelings and beliefs of their Byzantine-period builders. Cet article traitera de quatre graffitis de la période byzantine qui ont été gravés lors de la construction de systèmes d'eau. Deux d'entre eux ont été gravés dans le plâtre de réservoirs d'eau adjacents ou faisant partie d'églises byzantines dans l'ouest de la haute Galilée. Les deux autres ont été trouvés dans les contreforts de la Judée, un sur le montant de porte d'un bain rituel juif (mikveh) de la période du Second Temple qui a été remployé comme citerne à l'époque byzantine; l'autre, taillé dans le mur d'un puits profond creusé près d'une église ou d'un monastère. Ces graffitis comprennent divers symboles chrétiens. La symbolique et la signification de ces graffitis seront discutées ci-dessous. Ils représentent, de toute évidence, les sentiments intérieurs et les convictions religieuses de leurs auteurs de la période byzantine. |
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| ISSN: | 2466-8583 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Revue biblique
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/RBI.125.3.3285359 |