Writing Ancient Greek Discovered 1934 Present location Rockefeller Museum | Created V-VI century Material Limestone | |
The Bishop Samuel's inscription (Georgian: ეპისკოპოს სამუელის წარწერა) is an Ancient Greek limestone tombstone slab inscription which was discovered in 1934, in the monastic cemetery of the Byzantine period, at the YMCA area in Jerusalem.
The inscription mentions "Iberian [i.e. Georgian] bishop, Samuel" and the purchase of a tomb or a monastery in the Tower of David. Because of the incorrect Greek, it is unclear if the Iberians bought a tomb or a monastery. The slab is partly broken and the whole right corner of it is lost. It is dated to the late 5th or early 6th century AD. The inscription is kept at Rockefeller Museum.
Inscription
References
Bishop Samuel's inscription Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA