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ELAL0013

Golan Heights. El-'Αl, Late Hellenistic or Roman Period. Block. Funerary (Epitaph).

Transcription

Μ ς τῶν ξ´

Translation

Μ....s(?) Sixty years old.

Diplomatic

Μ Σ ΤΞ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
This incomplete inscription is likely to be the remainder of a tombstone epitaph. While there is no conclusive evidence, this stone's incised lines are similar to those of other gravestones found in El-Al, and the last line can be read with ξ as a numeral, in line with the standard Greek epitaph containing the opening formula "Be of good courage" followed by name of the deceased and ending with his/her age. Dimensions given refer to the entire remainder of the stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 23 cm; W: 23 cm; D: 7 cm

Date

150 BCE to 300 CE

Current location

Unknown

Figures

No figures described.

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 59-60.
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