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.
Evidence ID
E04183
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
In 1995, Pau Figueras mentioned an unpublished floor-mosaic from a chapel at the monastery in Tel 'Ira.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.
Cult PlacesCult building - dependent (chapel, baptistery, etc.)
Non Liturgical Activity
Cult building - dependent (chapel, baptistery, etc.)
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The monastery at Tel 'Ira was examined by D. Alon in 1979, and excavated by A. Birna and I. Beit-Areh in the early 1980s.Discussion
Figueras identifies this Peter as the Apostle, which is indeed likely, and points out that this is one of very few epigraphic attestations of Peter in the entirety of Palestine.Bibliography
Further reading:Figueras, P., "Monks and monasteries in the Negev desert", Liber Annuus 45 (1995), 442.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
19/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00036 | Peter, the Apostle | Uncertain |
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