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FAKH0004

Golan. Fakhem, Date unknown. Block. Dedicatory.

Transcription

χωρἐπίσκοποςχορἐπίσκοπος Μ ὁ κτίστης

Translation

...country-bishop M...the builder...

Diplomatic

ΧΟΡΜ ΟΚΤΙΣ

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Notes
Inscription of unknown type, incomplete. The interpretation of what is readable is tentative, but not without precedents. ΧΟΡ is found in a sixth-century ecclesiastical inscription from northern Syria as an abbreviation for chorepiscopos, and κτίστης is common. The stone was found in Fakhem, but was in secondary use as construction material. It is unclear whether it originated there, or was moved to the site for construction when the city began flourishing in the twentieth century. If the latter scenario is the case, it is possible that the stone originated in Farj, a rich antique site lying 1 km south-east.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 26 cm; W: 70 cm; D: 17 cm

Date

0 CE to 0 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Dovetail design left side of extant stone

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

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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