Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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HAIF0017

Cave of Elijah, 54-601 CE. Room / Interior Space. Dedicatory.
Transcription

Μνησθῇ Ἐλιος Μέγιστοςδεκουρίων Κολονίας Πτολεμαίδος ἃμα Κυρίλλωυἱῷ ΕΙΛΕ ΣΤΩΜΗΛΙΕΝΟΝΤΙ ὁ τόπος

Translation

Remembered Elios the Greatest, decurion (of the) Col(onia) Pto(lemais), with his son Cyr<i>llus ... the place

Diplomatic

ΜΝΗΣΘΗΕΛΙΟΣΜΕΓΙΣΤΟΣΔΕΚΟΥΡΙΩΝΚΟΛΠΤΟΑΜΑΚΥΡΛΛΩΥΙΩ ΕΙΛΕ ΣΤΩ ΜΗΛΙΕΝΟΝΤΙΟΤΟΠΟΣ

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Notes
The last words of the inscription mean "the place" and probably refer to Elijah's Cave.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 33.6 cm; W: 61.2 cm; D: —

Date

54 CE to 601 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • ivy leaves two ears of tabula ansata

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Ilan, Tal, and Olaf Pinkpank. “Elijah’s Cave (Haifa).” In Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity. Part II: Palestine 200-650, 499–584. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 148. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012.
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Source of transcription

  • Ilan, Tal, and Olaf Pinkpank. “Elijah’s Cave (Haifa).” In Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity. Part II: Palestine 200-650, 499–584. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 148. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Ilan, Tal, and Olaf Pinkpank. “Elijah’s Cave (Haifa).” In Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity. Part II: Palestine 200-650, 499–584. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 148. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012.
    Zotero
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