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Golan Heights. Deir Mfadal, Roman or Byzantine Period. Tombstone. Epitaph.


Transcription θάρσει Δομετιανέ ἐτῶν ο
Translation Be of good courage, Dometianos(?)! Fifty years old.
Diplomatic ΘΑΡΣ ΔΟ ΕΤ ΝΕΤΟ

Transcription

θάρσει

Δομετιαν

ἐτ

ῶν

Translation

Be of good courage, Dometianos(?)! Fifty years old.

Diplomatic

ΘΑΡΣ ΔΟ ΕΤ ΝΕΤΟ

Terminus post quem:: 1 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 699 CE

Notes

This epitaph has the standard Greek opening "Be of good courage" followed by the name and age of the deceased. Due to erosion, the reading of this inscription is not definite. The name may be somewhat doubtful, and the o in the last line may not indicate age, but rather join the preceding letters to form part of the word ἔτους. If so, then a final line not surviving here included the remaining letters υς followed by the age of the deceased. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 40 cm; W: 30 cm; D: 12 cm

Date

1 CE to 699 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

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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

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 149-150.

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