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ELAL0008

Golan Heights. El-'Αl, Late Hellenistic or Roman Period. Tombstone. Epitaph.

Transcription

θάρσει Ζεβ θα ἐτῶν λ

Translation

Be of good courage, Zeb..tha(?)! Thirty years old.

Diplomatic

ΘΑΡ ΖΕΒ ΘΑΕ Λ

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Notes
This is an incomplete tombstone inscription. The standard Greek opening "Be of good courage" is followed by the name and age of the deceased. The name is uncertain; it could be Ζεβιθα, but the Β itself is not clear and could be an Ε or Θ.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 138 cm; W: 23 cm; D: 12 cm

Date

150 BCE to 300 CE

Current location

Unknown

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.
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