Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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ABIL0001

Golan Heights. Abilene, 70 CE - 500 CE. Lintel. Dedicatory.
Transcription

דכיר לטב ברוך סדריי דהכה דאתחזק בדין תרעה שלום

Translation

Remember for good Baruch [?] of Alexandria [?] who here gave and made this gate. Amen, peace.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
The inscription was engraved on a cross-bar stone and discovered in a narrow street facing the church, which is located in the southern part of the village. The inscription and surrounding figures were found on the part of the stone that faces the street. There is a fracture at the top of the stone, which makes the beginning of the inscription difficult to read and required Barslavsky to fill in the blanks. The first line includes a well-known phrase which Barslavsky could easily recognize as "דכיר לטב" even though the ט and the ב were destroyed completely.

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

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Date

70 CE to 500 CE

Current location

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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

  • Braslawski, J. “A Synagogue Inscription in ʿAbellîn.” Bulletin of the Israel Exploration Society 2, no. 3/4 (1935): 10–13. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23722113.
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  • Naveh, Yosef. On Stone and Mosaic. The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues. ha-Hevrah la-Hakirat Erets Yisra’el va-’Atikoteha, 1978.
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