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Golan Heights. Baidarus, Date unknown. Tombstone. Epitaph.

Transcription

θάρσι οχαελ

Translation

Be of good courage....

Diplomatic

ΘΑΡΣΙ ΟΧΑΕΛ

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Notes
This incomplete epitaph has the standard Greek opening "be of good courage." We would expect the name and age of the deceased to follow, but those do not survive here. (Some letters are proposed, but they are barely recognizable.) Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 27 cm; W: 60 cm; D: 12 cm

Date

0 CE to 0 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

Other sources

  • Gregg, Robert C., and Dan Urman. Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Golan Heights: Greek and Other Inscriptions of the Roman and Byzantine Eras. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 140. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996. page 206.
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