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Golan. El-Bireh, Early Byzantine period. Lintel. Unknown.


Transcription [no transcription]
Translation [no translation]
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 338 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 500 CE

Notes

Inscription on a lintel. The surface of the stone is badly pocked and worn, making the two-line Greek inscription illegible. Only the incised cross on the right side of the lintel is clear. There are no traces of an ancient site at el-Bireh, so it is likely that this stone was moved from an early Byzantine site nearby.

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Dimensions

H: 26 cm; W: 110 cm; D: —

Date

338 CE to 500 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

Cross right side of stone

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

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.

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