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EINN0004

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

Ἰοσῆς Ζαννεου ἐτῶν ο´

Translation

Joses, son of Zanneas. Seventy years old.

Diplomatic

ΙΟΣΗΣ ΖΑΝΝΕΟΥ ΕΤ Ο

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
On the left triangular end of the lid is a decoration of a rosette of six leaves enclosed in a circle; above it is a "tree of life" (or menorah?). 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 (einn0003), with an Aramaic transcription, are assumed to be the work of the same craftsman (or workshop).

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 35 cm; W: 150 cm; D: 53 cm

Date

200 CE to 640 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • rosette left end of lid

  • tree of life left 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

  • 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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