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JURN0001

Golan Heights. Jurniyye, Byzantine period. Tombstone. Epitaph.

Transcription

θάρσι Ἰδαβα ἐτῶν μ´

Translation

Be of good courage, Idaba! Forty years old.

Diplomatic

ΘΑΡΣΙ ΙΔΑΒ ΑΕΤ Μ

Terminus post quem:
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Notes
The name Ιδαβα, presumably feminine, is not attested, although the similar Ιδας is. The tree of life (which appears in the last line of this inscription), a Jewish symbol in origin, was commonly borrowed by Christians and thus its presence does not decisively indicate religion. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 55 cm; W: 41 cm; D: 20 cm

Date

338 CE to 640 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • tree of life bottom left of 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. page 142-143.
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