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EINN0003

Golan Heights. ῾Ein Nashot. Late Roman or Byzantine Period. Sarcophagus. Funerary.
Transcription

שמעון בר אבון בר שנין כו

Translation

Shimon, son of Abun. Twenty-six years old.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
On one triangular end of the lid is a decoration of a rosette of four leaves enclosed in a circle; on the other end, the same decoration appears above a "tree of life." The inscription is on the rectangular front panel of the sarcophagus lid. Dimensions given refer to the entire lid: "length" measures from base to top edge, and "depth" from front to back of the base. This lid and the one found near it (einn0004), with a Greek transcription, are assumed to be the work of the same craftsman (or workshop).

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 35 cm; W: 139 cm; D: 55 cm

Date

200 CE to 640 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • rosette (2) both ends of lid

  • tree of life one end of lid

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

  • Urman, D. “"Jewish Inscriptions of the Mishna and Talmud Period from Kazrin in the Golan.” Tarbiz 53 (1984): 513–45.
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  • Urman, D. “The Golan: A Profile of a Region During the Roman and Byzantine Periods.” Biblical Archaeology Review 269 (1985).
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  • 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.
    Zotero
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