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HAIF0027

Cave of Elijah, 54-70 CE. Room / Interior Space. Graffiti.

Transcription

Μνησθῇ Ἐλιου Ἰουλιου ΗΟΥΚΝΗ

Translation

Rem[embered] Elios Julius

Diplomatic

ΜΝΗΕΛΙΟΥΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΗΟΥΚΝΗ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 18.7 cm; W: 31.9 cm; D: —

Date

54 CE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Tabula ansata framing the inscription

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. insc 27.
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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. insc 27.
    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. insc 27.
    Zotero
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