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JUEI0004

Jueîzeh, Date unknown. Lintel. Dedicatory.


Transcription + φλγ Βαλβίον υἱὸς Κόνονος λαμπρότατος καὶ τηλικοῦτος γινόμενος ἐξ ἰδίον ἔκτισεν τὸ μαρτύριον
Translation (In the year) 533(?) Balbion, son of Konon, who was most glorious and came to such great age, built (this) shrine at his own expense.
Diplomatic + ΦΛΓΒΑΛΒΙΟΝΥΙΟΣΚΟΝΟΝΟΣΛΑΜΠ ΚΑΙΤΗΛΙΚΓΙΝΟΕΞΙΔΙΟΝ ΕΚΤΙΣΕΝΤΟΜΑΡΤΥ

Transcription

+ φλγ Βαλβίον υἱὸς Κόνονος λαμπρότατος καὶ τηλικοῦτος γινόμενος ἐξ ἰδίον ἔκτισεν τὸ μαρτύριον

Translation

(In the year) 533(?) Balbion, son of Konon, who was most glorious and came to such great age, built (this) shrine at his own expense.

Diplomatic

+ ΦΛΓΒΑΛΒΙΟΝΥΙΟΣΚΟΝΟΝΟΣΛΑΜΠ ΚΑΙΤΗΛΙΚΓΙΝΟΕΞΙΔΙΟΝ ΕΚΤΙΣΕΝΤΟΜΑΡΤΥ

Terminus post quem:: 0 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 0 CE

Notes

The disk at the center of the inscription is empty; it is possible that a cross or other decoration was removed. The top half of the stone is patterned, and the text runs across the bottom half. The first three letters of line 1 are puzzling: While inscriptions commonly begin with a date, these letters are not in the usual order and lack indication of a date (such as the word ἔτους). If they do signify a year, and if the date employs the Pompeian era, it corresponds to 471-472 CE.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 36 cm; W: 188 cm; D: 45 cm

Date

0 CE to 0 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

circle center of stone
cross beginning of line 1

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

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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