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KAFR0003

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

Transcription

θάρσι Ἀλουδος Ἀνινου ἔτους ο

Translation

Be of good courage, Aloudos (?), son of Aninos (?). Seventy years old.

Diplomatic

ΘΑΡΣΙ ΑΛΟΥ ΟΣΑΝΙΝ ΥΕΤΟ

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Notes
Erosion of this stone prevents a definitive reading, but the names in the interpretation suggested here, Aloudos and Aninos, are semitic. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 94 cm; W: 40 cm; D: 15 cm

Date

500 CE to 640 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

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Bibliography

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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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