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JURN0002

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

θάρσει Ζεβίνθα ἐτῶν κ´

Translation

Be of good courage, Zebintha! Twenty years old.

Diplomatic

ΘΑΡΣ ΖΕΒΙΝ ΘΑΕΤ Κ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The kappa indicating age in the last line of this inscription is incised beneath an over-arching semicircle. The name Ζεβίνθα itself is not attested, but Ζεβεῖνα, Ζεβινᾶς, and Ζαβῖνα (Aramaic) are, and a name Ζεβ..θα appears on a tombstone from el-Al. There may be an additional letter erased by chipping between the epsilon and beta of line 2. The tree of life, 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: 95 cm; W: 35 cm; D: 12 cm

Date

338 CE to 640 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • tree of life bottom 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.
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