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ELAL0017

Golan Heights. El-'Αl, 200 CE - 250 CE. Lintel. Dedicatory.

Transcription

Αὐγοῦστα μήτηρ τῶν στρατοπέδων

Translation

...Augusta, mother [of the camps].

Diplomatic

ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΑΜΗΤΗΡ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
This reading assumes that the surviving stone was originally the (upper?) right portion of a lintel with one or more additional lines. The resemblance of these characters to the "revived square alphabet" suggests a date in the early third century C.E. Here, αὐγοῦστα is almost certainly not a name, but a title, traditionally bestowed upon Roman empresses after Augustus gave it to Livia. (The empress here is likely Julia Domna, who sometimes resided in Antioch.) This inscription may indicate a contemporaneous Roman military presence or station in El-Al. Dimensions given refer to the entire remainder of the stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 45 cm; W: 102 cm; D: 48 cm

Date

200 CE to 250 CE

Current location

Unknown

Figures

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Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

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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 61-62.
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