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KAFR0002

Golan Heights. Kafr Nafakh, 500 CE - 640 CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.

Transcription

Γαίς Κυριλλου ἐτῶν λ´ε´

Translation

Gais, son of Kyrillos (Cyril). Thirty-five years old.

Diplomatic

ΓΑΙΣΚΥ ΡΙΛΛΟΥ ΕΤ´ ΛΕ

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Notes
This inscription may have included the standard Greek epitaph opening θάπσει ("Be of good courage") before the first line here. The name Γαίς is a well-known variant of Γάϊος, although it is possible that here a dim line beneath the sigma indicates an abbreviation for the actual name Γάϊος. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 105 cm; W: 40 cm; D: 26 cm

Date

500 CE to 640 CE

Current location

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Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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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 136.
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