Figure
Fig. 60. Mosaic inscription from a hermitage near Jericho. The inscription gives the names of the E.-Syr. founders of the hermitage, two of whom are known to belong to the 7th cent. From Brock and Taylor, Hidden Pearl, vol. 2, 46 (Photo: Riccardo Grassetti). See J.-M. Fiey, Rabban Bûya de Shaqlâwâ et de Jéricho”, POC 33 (1983), 34–38. See entries: Inscriptions and Jerusalem.