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DABB0006

Golan Heights. Dabbura, 150 CE - 250 CE. Lintel. Dedicatory.
Transcription

זה בית מדרשו שהלרבי אליעזר הקפר

Translation

This is the Beth Midrash (=School) of the Rabbi Eli'ezer ha-Qappar.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Rabbi Eli'ezer ha-Qappar (Aramaic Bar-Qappara) was a famous Tannaitic sage. His period of activity dates this inscription to the late second or early third centuries CE. The ornamentation is engraved in relief. On either side of the stone, an eagle with outstretched wings bears a snake in its mouth. In the middle, the snakes intertwine to form a plaited wreath. The first three lines of the inscription are contained within the wreath, אליעזר to the right (above the snakes's body) and הקפר to the left (above the second snake's body). Dimensions refer to the entire remainder of the stone.

Languages

Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 42 cm; W: 170 cm; D: —

Date

150 CE to 250 CE

Current location

Unknown

Figures

  • snake 1 right half of stone

  • eagle 2 left end of stone

  • snake 2 left half of stone

  • plaited wreath middle of stone

  • eagle 1 right end 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. page 128-129.
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