Paraphrase of Gen. 28.12, Jacob's dream. Painted inscription on a wall
of the Damokratia basilica, accompanying a representation of a city
wall and the ladder from heaven.
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Thessalia (Magnesia) — Demetrias — ca. 490 AD — Gen. 28.12 — Demetrias V (1987) 295, 25
| 1 | [πόλι]ς {²⁷[τόπο]ς}²⁷ Βηθλεεμ, ὅπου Ἰακω[β εἶδεν] |
| [θεῖον] ἐνύπνιον, τὴν κλίμακα ἐσ[τη]- | |
| [ριγμένην] {²⁷ἐσ[τη|λομένην]}²⁷ εἰς τ[ὸ]ν οὐρανόν, καὶ τοὺς | |
| [ἀγγέλους το]ῦ θεοῦ ἀναβένοντα[ς] | |
| 5 | [καὶ καταβένο]ντας. |