Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine

Title	ID	Language(s)	Date	Transcription	Translation
Akko, 200-175 BCE. Amphora Handle. Label.	akko0040	Greek	Between 200 BCE and 175 BCE	Νικαγίδος	Of Nikagis
Akko, 165-160 BCE. Amphora Handle. Label.	akko0041	Greek	Between 165 BCE and 160 BCE	Ἐπὶ Ἀριστίδα Πανάμου	In the term of Aristeidas. In the month of Panamos.
Akko, 152-146 BCE. Amphora Handle. Label.	akko0042	Greek	Between 152 BCE and 146 BCE	Ἐπὶ Παυσανία Πανάμου	In the term of Pausanias. In the month of Panamos.
Akko, Persian period. Ostrakon. Legal.	akko0100	Hebrew	Between 520 BCE and 330 BCE	[no transcription]	By order: to the guild of (metal?) artisans; they shall give a valuable basinto שלת, the overseer of the shrine(s); (likewise they shall give) metal cups (golden?)10, and vessels with inlay (round ringstands?) 25, and largepyxides 70, and post (on stands)60, and decanters 60, and smiths' blown vessels 57and small deep bowls 30
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0001	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Κυρία ἡ καὶ Κυρίλλη	Kyria also (known as) Kyrilla
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0002	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	ΧάρητοςΧάρητοςΧάρητοςΧάρητος	of Chares
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0003	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Εἰρατος Σελευκίδος	Eiras of Sel[e]uc[ia]
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary	akld0004	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Ἐρωτας	Erota
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0005	Greek, Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	ישועה Ἰεσούα	Jeshuah or Jesua
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0006	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Ἐρώτας	Erota
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0007	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Πεποίηκεν ἉζάΒεροῦτοςἘρώτας	Aza[ria] son of Berous (or of Beirut) has made (it) of Erota
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0008	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Μεγίστης ἱερίσης	Megiste the Priestess
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0009	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Ἐρωτος καὶ Ἐμιόνης Δώρατος	of Eros and Hermione of (or children of) Doras
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0011	Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	חנה	Hannah
Jerusalem Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0012	Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	חנה	Hannah
Jerusalem, Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0014	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Αὐγης Δώρατος	of Auge daughter of Do[ras]
Jerusalem, Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0015	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Κυρία	Kyria
Jerusalem, Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0016	Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	הלנא	Helene
Jerusalem, Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0018	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Σαλώμη	Salom(e)
Jerusalem, Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0019	Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	שלמציון	Shelamzion
Jerusalem, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0020	Greek, Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Ἀρίστων אריסטון אפמי יהודה הגיור	Ariston, Ariston of Apamea, Judah the proselyte
Jerusalem, Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom valley, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0021	Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	שבתי בן נחמיה	Shabtai son of Nehemiah
Jerusalem, Akeldama Caves confluence of Kidron and Hinnom valleys, First century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0023	Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	נטירא, אחיא אבא, אמא דנטירא	Natira and his brother, father and mother of Natira.
Jerusalem, First Century CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	akld0024	Greek, Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	Σαλών Ἀρίστωνος שלום בת ארסטון	Shalom daughter (of) Ariston Salon (daughter of) Ariston
Jordan. Umm Al-Jimal, First to Third Century CE. Basalt tombstone. Epitaph.	alji0001	Greek	Between 1 CE and 299 CE	Ἰατουρος Θαιμου ἐτῶν μη	Yatur (son) of Taymallah age 48.
Jordan. Umm Al-Jimal, First to Third Century CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.	alji0002	Greek	Between 1 CE and 299 CE	ραοη Ἰατουρου ἐτῶν ο	[...]ΡΑΟΗ daughter of Yatur, age 70.
Horvat ha-'Amudim, 2nd-3rd century CE. Stone. Dedicatory.	amud0001	Aramaic, Hebrew	Between 100 CE and 300 CE	יועזר חזנה ושמעון אחוי עבדו הדן תרא דמרי שומיא	Yo'ezer the hazzan and Simeon his brother made this Gate of the Lord of Heaven.
Horvat ha-'Amudim, 2nd-3rd century CE. Synagogue. Dedicatory?.	amud0002	Aramaic, Hebrew	Between 100 CE and 300 CE	טבלה אגרא	… section of the floor … wages ...
Wadi an-Nar, Date unknown. Ornamented ossuary in hypogeum. Funerary.	anna0001	Hebrew	Unknown	מתיה	Mattiah
Wadi an-Nar, Date unknown. Ornamented ossuary in hypogeum. Funerary.	anna0002	Hebrew	Unknown	תפלה תפלה	Theophile
Wadi an-Nar, Date unknown. Ornamented ossuary in hypogeum. Funerary.	anna0003	Hebrew	Unknown	שבי בן יהוסף	Shobai son of Yehosef
Judaea. Wadi an-Nar. Date unknown. Ornamented ossuary in hypogeum. Funerary.	anna0004	Hebrew	Unknown	שבי בן	Shobai son of ...
Beit 'Anun, 350-450 CE. Mosaic Inscription. Dedicatory Prayer Invocation.	anun0001	Greek	Between 350 CE and 450 CE	Ὁ εἰσερχόμενοςεὐξάσθω ὑπὲρΠροβατίου τοῦπρεσβυτέρου	He who enters, let him pray for Probatius the priest.
Beit 'Anun, 400-500 CE. Mosaic Pavement Inscription. Commemorative Prayer Invocation.	anun0002	Greek	Between 400 CE and 500 CE	+ Κύριε μνήσθητι τῶν δούλων σοῦΘαίμωνος καὶ Ἰωάννου καὶ Ἰωάννου τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀμήν	Lord, remember Thy servants Thaimon and John and John, the priests. Amen.
Beit 'Anun, 300-499 CE. Mosaic Pavement Inscription. Commemorative Prayer Invocation.	anun0003	Greek	Between 300 CE and 499 CE	+ Κύριε μνήσθητι τοῦ διακόνου Σαλαωνος οἰκονόμου	Lord, remember the deacon Salaon, the steward.
Beit 'Anun, 300-499 CE. Mosaic Pavement Inscription. Commemorative Prayer Invocation.	anun0004	Greek	Between 300 CE and 499 CE	Κύριε μνήσθητι τῶν προσνεγκαντων καὶ	Lord, remember those who have offered and ...
Beit Anun, 1 c. CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	anun0005	Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	ישראל	Israel
Beit Anun, 1 c. CE. Ossuary. Funerary.	anun0006	Hebrew	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	דוסתס ברחוניה	Dostas son of Honiya
Apollonia, Byzantine period. Mosaic. Dedicatory.	apol0001	Greek	Between 324 CE and 600 CE	Εἶς θεὸς μόνος βοήθει Κασσιανῷ ἅμα συμβίῳ καὶ τέκνοις καὶ πάσει.	One God only, help Cassianos together with (his) wife and children and everyone.
Apollonia, 350-529 CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.	apol0002	Greek, Hebrew	Between 350 CE and 529 CE	Εἶς θεὸς μόνος ὁ βοηθῶν Γαδιωναν καὶ Ἰουλιανῷ καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἀξίοις פעלהבדה	One only god who helps Gadiona and Iulianus and all who deserve it. (Made it from his) possession in this place.
Coastal Plain, Apollonia, 5th-6th centuries CE. Mosaic church inscription. Dedication	apol0100	Greek	Between 400 CE and 600 CE	+ ἀμβροσίης τελέθω καὶ νέκταρος οἶκος ἀρεἰωνκαί με Μαρῖνος ἔτευξε θεὸν κλυτόμητιν αἴρων μυστικὸν ἀχράαντον ἀεὶ νόον ἡνιοχεύων +	I am a church better than ambrosia and nectar, and Marinos erected me exalting God-extolled-for-His wisdom and ever ruling his pure and mystic spirit.
Tel Arad, first century CE. Ostracon. Reciept.	arad0001	Greek	Between 1 CE and 100 CE	ἐπ᾿ ἀλλαγῇ κτήνη τέσσερα κουστε αν // σεσημείωμαι	For exchange: four mounts. I [N or NN] have signed.
Khirbet Arak Hala, 70-200 CE. Cave Wall. Label.	arak0001	Latin	Between 70 CE and 200 CE	Fausto oliumoleum S	Olive oil for Faustus s[…]
Khirbet Arak Hala, 98-117 CE. Graffito. Prayer.	arak0002	Aramaic, Hebrew	Between 98 CE and 117 CE	דכיר מר טרן לברכה קסר	May the memory of Lord Trajan Caesar be blessed.
Horbat Arbel, 5th-6th c. Amulet. Magic.	arbl0001	Greek	Between 401 CE and 601 CE	εἷς θεὸς ὁ νικῶν τὰ κακὰ Ἰάω θεὸς εἷς θεὸς	One god who defeats evil. Yahweh. One god.
Archelais, 525-575 CE. Church floor. Dedicatory.	arch0001	Greek	Between 525 CE and 575 CE	Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ πρόσδεξε τὴν καρποφορίαν τῶν δούλων σοῦ Ἰωάννου τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου καὶ Ἀββοσόβου ὅτι ἐξ ἰδίων κόπων ἤγιραν τὸν οἴκον τοῦτον.	O Lord Jesus Christ, receive the offering of your servants John the priest and Abbosobos, because they erected this room by their exertions.
Archelais, 12 Nov 570 CE. Church floor. Dedicatory.	arch0002	Greek	570 CE	Ἐπὶ τῆς εὐσεβοῦς βασιλείας τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Φλαουίου Ἰουστίνου ἐγράφη ἐν μηνὶ Νοεμβρίου ιβʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος δʹ καὶ διὰ τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτοῦ πρεσβυτέρου Ἀββοσούββου καὶ Ἐλισέου Ϲαορας Ϲελαμάνου καὶ Ϲτέφανος καὶ Γεοργίου ἐψηφώθη	Under the pious reign of our master Flavius Justinus, (this inscription) was written on the 12th of the month of November, indiction 4, and the mosaic was made under the God-loving priest Abbosoubbos and Eliseos (son) of Saoras (son) of Salmanos, and Stephen and George.
Archelais, 525-575 CE. Church floor. Dedicatory.	arch0003	Greek	Between 525 CE and 575 CE	Κύριε βοήθισον τοὺς δούλους σου Ἀφλεος καὶ Λούκας πρεσβυτέρος καὶ Ϲτέφανον καὶ Ϲαμαίον καὶ Ἐλισες καὶ Λυπων.	Lord, help your servants Aphleos and Lukas the priests, and Stephen, Samaios, Eliseos and Lypon.
Archelais, Byzantine. Church floor. Dedicatory.	arch0004	Greek	Between 324 CE and 638 CE	Κύριε μνήσθητι Λούκα τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου ὅτι ἐκ τῶν καμάτων αὐτοῦ ἐψηφώθη	Lord, remember Lukas the priest because this (room?) was paved out of his expenses.
Archelais, Mid-sixth century CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory inscription.	arch0005	Greek	Between 525 CE and 575 CE	Ἐπὶ τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου καὶ ὁσιωτάτου ἡμῶν Πορφυρίου ἐπισκόποῦ ἐψηφώθη ὁ ναὸς οὗτος σπουδῆς Ἐγλῶνος πρεσβυτέρου καὶ ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας τῶν καρποφορούντων	In the time of our most holy and pious bishop Porphyrios, this church was paved with the haste of the priest Eglon and for the salvation of the benefactors.

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