Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine

Title	ID	Language(s)	Date	Transcription	Translation
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 117/116 BCE. Lead weight.	bshe0100		Between 117 BCE and 116 BCE	[no transcription]	Year 196, Theron being agoranomos.
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Byzantine Period. Lamp inscription. Verse fragments	bshe0101	Hebrew	Between 200 CE and 700 CE	הרם הו תזרה לא תצמח	It is banned [Deut. 7:26]; it shall not be sown, nor shall it bear [Deut. 29:22]
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Roman-Byzantine period. Slab. Dedicatory.	bshe0103	Greek	Between 1 CE and 400 CE	Ἀγαθὴ τύχῃ ὁ δεῖνα Φαινἠσιοςλαξόςὑπέρ σωτηρίας τῶνκυρίωναὐτοκρατόρων θεῷ Ἀζείζῷ τὸ ζώδιον σύν βάσειεὐσεβῶν ἀνέθηκεν	[With good fortune][so-and-so]the Phaineanthe stone-carverfor the salvation ofthe LordEmperors, to the god 'Azizos theimagewith the basewith awe[dedicated].
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Second-first century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0104	Greek	Between 150 BCE and 50 BCE	Φιλοστεφάνου	[no translation]
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Second-first century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0105	Greek	Between 150 BCE and 50 BCE	Φιλοστεφάνου	[no translation]
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Second-first century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0106	Greek	Between 110 BCE and 50 BCE	Φιλοκράτευς	[no translation]
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Second century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0107	Greek	Between 150 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπὶ Ἑστιειου Ἀρταμιτίου	[no translation]
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0108	Greek	Between 150 BCE and 100 BCE	Εὐκλείτου	Eucleitus
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0109	Greek	Between 150 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπι Καλλικράτευς Δευτέρου Πανάμου	In the year of Kallicrateus, of Deuteros son of Panamus
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0110	Greek	Between 175 BCE and 150 BCE	Ἐπι Ἀλεξιμἀχου Πεδαγειτνίου	[no translation]
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0111	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Πολυαραχου	[no translation]
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0112	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐφ’ ἱερέως Ἱέρωνος Ἀγριανίου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0113	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπὶ νοςΠανάμου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0114	Greek	Between 150 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπὶ Ἀνδρονίκου Σμινθίου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0115	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἀρτίμα	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0116	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπὶ Ἱέρωνος Ὑακινθίου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0117	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπὶ Ἀρχο Θεσμοφορίου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0118	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἀναωιππίδα	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0119	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Γαλέστης	Galestis
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0120	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπὶ Δάμωνος Πεταγειτνίου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0121	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	ἐπὶ ΤειζαμένουΔαλίου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0122	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπὶ ΠολυαράτουΔαλίου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0123	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπι Ἀριστοδάμου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0124	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Πολυαράτου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0125	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἡρακλείτου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second-first Centuries BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0126	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 1 BCE	Ἐπι τοφ Σμινθίου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second-first Centuries BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0127	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 1 BCE	αρ	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second-first Centuries BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0128	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 1 BCE	νε σ	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0129	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	ου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0130	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπὶ ἱερέὼς Ἀναωιβούλου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0131	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	* μορρδ ε	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0132	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἐπὶ ἈρχιβίουΠανάμου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0133	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	ΔαμοκράτευςΕ	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Third Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0134	Greek	Between 300 BCE and 200 BCE	Ἐπὶ ἈριστείδαὙακινθίου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Second Century BCE. Rhodian jar handle. Stamp.	bshe0135	Greek	Between 199 BCE and 100 BCE	Πολυαράτου	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, First-third centuries CE. Jar handle. Jar stamp	bshe0136		Between 1 CE and 300 CE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, First-third centuries CE. Jar handle. Jar stamp.	bshe0137		Between 1 CE and 300 CE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, First-third centuries CE. Jar handle. Jar stamp.	bshe0138		Between 1 CE and 300 CE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, First-third centuries CE. Jar handle. Jar stamp.	bshe0139		Between 1 CE and 300 CE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 395-404 CE. Pedestal. Dedicatory. Verse.	bshe0140	Greek	Between 395 CE and 404 CE	Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἀνάσσαν ὅλης χθονὸςΕὐδοξίαν χρυσείην ἒστησε περισκέπτῳ ἐν χώρῳ	Artemidorus has erected the golden (statue of) Eudoxia, queen of the whole earth, in a far-seen place
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 395-404 CE. Lintel. Dedicatory.	bshe0141	Greek	Between 395 CE and 404 CE	Ἐπὶ Φλαουίου Ἀρτεμιδώρου μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου καὶ περιβλέπτουκόμιτος καὶ ἄρχοντοςτὸ πᾶν ἔργον τοῦ νυμφαίου ἐγένετο	In the days of Flavius Artemidorus, the most magnificent and spectabilis comes and governor, all the fabric of the nymphaeum was built from the foundation
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 395-404 CE. Mosaic Floor. Dedicatory.	bshe0142	Greek	Between 395 CE and 404 CE	Ἐπὶ Φλαουίου Ἀρτεμιδώρου μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου κόμιτος καὶ ἄρχοντος καὶ τοῦτοτὸ ἔργον τῆς ψηφώσεως ἐγένετο	In the days of Flavius Artemidorus, the most magnificent comes and governor, also this work of the mosaic pavement was done.
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Late 4th-early 5th century. Lintel. Dedicatory.	bshe0143	Greek	Between 375 CE and 425 CE	+ Ἐπὶ Φλαουίου Ταύρου Ϲυνκλητίου Ἀβλαβίου τοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου καὶ περιβλέπτου κόμιτος καὶ αὔτη ἠ κρηπὶς μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐγένετο	In the days of Flavius Taurus Syncletius Ablabius, magnificentissimus and spectabilis comes, also this platform was made together with other things
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Late 4th-early 5th century. Slab. Dedicatory.	bshe0144	Greek	Between 375 CE and 425 CE	Ἐπὶ Φλαουίου Ἀβλαβίου τοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου μητροπολίτου ἠ πόλιςἀνενεώθη	In the days of Flavius Ablabius, the most magnificent metropolitan, the city was renewed
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, Late 4th-early 5th century. Mosaic Floor. Dedicatory.	bshe0145	Greek	Between 475 CE and 525 CE	Ἐπὶ Φλαουίου ΠαλλαδίουΠορφύρουτοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου β ἡγεμόνοςτὸ ἔργον τῆς στοᾶςμετὰ καὶ τῆςψηφώσεωςἐγένετο	In the days of Flavius Palladius Porphyrus, the most magnificent praeses for the second time, the building of the portico was done together with the mosaic
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 506/507 CE. Block. Dedicatory.	bshe0146	Greek	Between 506 CE and 507 CE	+ Α + Εὐτυχῶς + Ω + Θεοσέβιος υἱὸς Θεοσεβίουπόλεως Ἀμίσου ἐπαρχίαςἘλενοπόντου ἄρχων Παλαιστίνης δευτέρας ἐκ θεμελίων ἔκτισεν τόδετὸ σίγμα ἔτους οφ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιε προνοησαμένου Σιλβίνου Μαρίνου λαμπροτάτου κόμητος καὶ πρώτου	Good luck! Theosebius son of Theosebius, of the city of Amisos in the province of Hellespontus, governor of Palaestina Secunda, built this sigma from the foundation in the year 570, indiction 15, under the supervision of Silvinus son of Marinus, clarissimus comes and principalis
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 521/522 CE. Slab. Dedicatory.	bshe0147	Greek	Between 521 CE and 522 CE	+ Ἀρχὴ ἔργουθαυμαστοῦ Φλαουίου Ὀρέστου μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου ἄρχοντος	Starting point of the wondrous work of Flavius Orestes, the most magnificent governor
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 521/522 CE. Slab. Dedicatory.	bshe0148	Greek	Between 521 CE and 522 CE	Ἐπὶ Φλαουίου Ὀρέστου μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου κόμητος καὶ ἄρχοντος τὸ περιβοητὸν ἔργοντῆς πλακώσεως μετὰ καὶ τοῦ νέουὑδρίου ἐγένετο προνοησαμένουϹιλβίνου Μαρίνου λαμπροτάτου κόμητος καὶ πρώτου ἐν ἰνδικτιῶνι ιε ἔτους επφ	In the days of Flavius Orestes, the most magnificent comes and governor, the celebrated work of the pavement together with the new water channel was carried out, under the care of Silvinus son of Marinus, the most distinguished count and principalis, in the 15th indiction, year 585.
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 500-516 CE. Block. Dedicatory.	bshe0149	Greek	Between 500 CE and 516 CE	+ Μέλλεν ἐμὲ προθέλυμνον ἐπὶ χθόναδιανερύσσαι πουλὺς πανδαμάτωρ πόλιος χρόνος ἄψοφος ἕρπων Ϲιλβανὸς δέ με στῆσε πόνων ἐγκύμονι τέχνῃ ὄλβῳ Ἀναστασίου τε πολυκτεάνου βασιλῆος	Long time, the canute all-subduer, silently creeping, was going to drag me down to earth from the foundations; but Silvanus raised me with art full of labours, and with the riches of Anastasius, the wealthy king.
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 500-516 CE. Block. Dedicatory.	bshe0150	Greek	Between 500 CE and 516 CE	+ Ἐκ δωρεᾶς Φλαουίου Ἀναστασίου αὐτοκράτορος Αὐγούστου ἠ βασιλικὴμετὰ τῆς στέγης καὶ τῆς κεραμώσεως ἐγένετο διὰ Ϲαλλουστίουκαὶ Ϲιλουανοῦ σχολαστικῶν ἀδελφῶνπαίδων Ἀρσενίου σχολαστικοῦ Ϲκυθοπολιτῶνἐν ἰνδικτιῶνι θ ἐν χρόνοις Ἐντριχίου μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου ἄρχοντος	From a grant of the emperor Flavius Anastasius Augustus the basilica was built, together with the roof and the roof-tiles, through the brothers Sallustius and Silvanus, Scythopolitan lawyers, sons of Arsenius the lawyer, in the 9th indiction, at the time of the most magnificent governor Entrichius.

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