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BUTM0002

Golan Heights. Butmiyye, Early Byzantine Period. Text unknown.
Transcription

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Translation

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Diplomatic

ΗΜ ΟΣ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
This lintel survives intact in the original location; however, too few characters of the inscription remain legible to allow any reading. On the left side of the stone we find the text, followed by a circle, a menorah (or "tree of life"), and another circle. (It is difficult to interpret the middle figure because it is unsophisticated and lacking the bottom "stand" and curved branches that can distinguish a menorah from a "tree of life.") Some illumination, however, is provided by a second stone found in the same building, on which a menorah (also with straight branches, but having a bottom stand) is flanked by two circles. As confirmed by several examples from various sites, the latter may be interpreted as Torah scrolls.

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Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

338 CE to 450 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • menorah (or possiblly a "tree of life") middle of lintel

  • circles (2) left and right of menorah (or "tree of life")

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.
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