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HAIF0044

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


Transcription Μνησθῇ Ζεύξιος μὲ γυνὴ αὐτοῦκαὶ ὑιοῦς τ σ Λούκιου Θύμουεὐ μεγάλη νζ ενγγύς καίΛεήθη
Translation Remembered Zeuxiu<s> with his wife and sons [...], Luciu<s>, Thymus good [...] greater [...] NZnear and Lethe
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

Μνησθῇ Ζεύξιος μὲ γυνὴ αὐτοῦκαὶ ὑιοῦς τ σ Λούκιου Θύμουεὐ μεγάλη νζ ενγγύς καίΛεήθη

Translation

Remembered Zeuxiu<s> with his wife and sons [...], Luciu<s>, Thymus good [...] greater [...] NZnear and Lethe

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 54 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 70 CE

Notes

εὐ [...] Μεγάλη: the interpretation of this line is uncertain: εὐ could also be interpreted as the prefix of a work like εὐτυχῆ, that is "good luck" or "fortunate" and μεγάλη could also be a female name, referring perhaps to Zeuxius' wife. This part of the inscription would then read εὐ[τυχῆ] Μεγάλη, "fortunate Megale".

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 11.3 cm; W: 29.7 cm; D: —

Date

54 CE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

Tabula ansata with very large ears, deeply dug iin the wall around 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.

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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.

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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.

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