Inscription Offers Earliest Evidence of Christianity in Israel’s Jezreel Valley

[public hermit]

Per the statement, the full text of the inscription reads, “Christ born of Mary. This work of the most God-fearing and pious bishop [Theodo]sius and the miserable Th[omas] was built from the foundation.”

Inscription Offers Earliest Evidence of Christianity in Israel's Jezreel Valley | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

 

[Pavel Mosko]

hmmm hopefully its real . The last time I heard about something like this things seemed dubious.


Is the “Brother of Jesus” Inscription on the James Ossuary a Forgery?

 

[public hermit]

I'm really curious about "miserable Thomas."

 

[public hermit]

hmmm hopefully its real the last time I heard about something like this it was found out to be fake.


Oded Golan is not guilty of forgery. So is the ‘James ossuary’ for real?

I remember that. Perhaps the good news is this particular piece wasn't found in the antiquities market, but on site.

 

[prodromos]

The picture included in the article unfortunately is not the one described. There is no "ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ" or even the shorthand "ΧΣ", no "ΓΕΝΟΜΕΝΟΝ / ΓΕΓΕΝΝΗΜΕΝΟΣ / ΓΕΓΕΝΝΗΤΑΙ / ΓΕΝΝΗΤΟΙΣ ΜΑΡΙΑ / ΜΑΡΙΑΜ", let alone any of the rest of the text described.

 

[Norbert L]

The picture included in the article unfortunately is not the one described. There is no "ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ" or even the shorthand "ΧΣ", no "ΓΕΝΟΜΕΝΟΝ / ΓΕΓΕΝΝΗΜΕΝΟΣ / ΓΕΓΕΝΝΗΤΑΙ / ΓΕΝΝΗΤΟΙΣ ΜΑΡΙΑ / ΜΑΡΙΑΜ", let alone any of the rest of the text described.

You sort of left me feeling in suspense. To the best of your ability, what words are clearly visible to your eye? Considering it's fragmented there must be partial words there too, what possibilities exist for them?

 

[prodromos]

The second line looks like it has ΘΕΟΣ, third line from the bottom looks like ΚΑΙ ΤΑΠΙΝΟΥ. Can't make out many other words, just fragments.

 

[FaithT]

The second line looks like it has ΘΕΟΣ, third line from the bottom looks like ΚΑΙ ΤΑΠΙΝΟΥ. Can't make out many other words, just fragments.

In English, please?