Gerasa 296

Item

Text Category
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
454-455
Location of Display
Arabia/ Syria Decapolis: Gerasa
Reference
Gerasa 296
Quotation
ἐπὶ Πλάκκου τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου ἐπισκόπου σὺν θεῷ τόδε                τὸ βαλανῖον {²⁶βαλανεῖον}²⁶ ἐκ θεμελίων κτισθὲν ἐκοσμήθη ἐν ἔτει
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Baths
Object/ Person Ornamented
Bath
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Visual Work: Mosaic
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: sculptures, painting, mosaic
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Plakkos the bishop
Notes
dedication
Item Identifier
A00721
Determination
Interpreted from context