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DABI0001

Golan Heights. Dabiyye, Roman or Byzantine Period. Slab. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

Ἰησοῦς Σειλου ἐτῶν ξ´

Translation

Jesus (son of) Seilas. Sixty years old.

Diplomatic

ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΣΕΙΛΟΥ ΕΤΩΝΞ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The inscription on this stone is complete, though the stone itself is in two pieces. A tabula ansata in relief frames the standard Greek funerary text. Both names mentioned are Jewish. This stone may have been placed in a mausoleum; it is elaborate and smoothly dressed, and does not have the tall, shaft-like shape of an ordinary tombstone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

100 CE to 699 CE

Current location

Unknown

Figures

  • tabula ansata surrounding text

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

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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