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Kafr Harib, 293 CE - 305 CE. Boundary marker. Place marker.
Transcription

Διοκλητιανὸςκὲ Μαξιμιανὸς Σεββαστοὶ κὲ ΚωνστάντιςΚωνστάντιος κὲ ΜαξιμιανὸςἘπιφανέστατοιΚέσαρες λίθον διορίζοντα ἐν ο ὅροις Κώμης ΚαπαρἩαριβου ἐν τόποις ρηο γα στηριχθῇνε ἐκέλευσαν αμ δ φλυου κὲ Ἀγὲλιπου κηνσιτόρων

Translation

The Augusti Diocletian and Maximian, and the most illustrious Caesars Constantius and Maximian, have ordered the erection of a boundary stone on the borders of the village Kapar Haribos in the places (called) REO[...]GA, by the tax assessors AM[..]D[.]OLYOY and Agelipos.

Diplomatic

ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΕΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΒ ΚΕΚΩΝϹΤΑΝΤΙϹ ΚΕΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕϹΤΑΤΟΙ ΚΕϹΑΡΕϹΛΙΘΟ ΔΙΟΡΙΖΟΝΤΑΕΝΟ ΟΡΟΙϹΚΩΚΑΠΑΡ ΗΑΡΙΒΟΥΕΝΤΟΠΟ ΡΗΟ ΓΑϹΤΗΡΙΧΘΗΝΕΕΚΕΛΕΥϹΑΝΑΜ ΔΦΛΥΟΥΚΕΑΓΕΛΙΠΟΥΚΗΝϹ

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Notes
This boundary marker was found near the lands of Kibbutzim Kafr Harib and 'Afiq, at reference point 2154-2420. It belongs to a group of boundary markers indicating the imperial survey and registration of lands for taxation dating to 293-305 CE. Only one of the names of the tax collectors, Agelipos, can be restored.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 90 cm; W: 50-30 cm; D: 12-15 cm

Date

293 CE to 305 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

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Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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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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  • Porat, Pinhas. “A New Boundary Stone from the Southern Golan.” Scripta Classica Israelica 10 (1990 1989): 130–33.
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