Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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KEDE0001

Upper Galilee. Cadasa (Tel Qedesh), 279 CE - 285 CE (?). Altar. Dedicatory.
Transcription

θεῷ ἁγίῳ ΜϹΟ Υ ΘΙΝΣεπτίμιος Ζήνων Ζωσίμου ἐνέθηκονἀνέθηκεν ΙΥΕ μηνός ἈϙτεμισίουἈρτεμισίου ηι

Translation

To the holy god... Septimius Zenon son of Zosimos dedicated in the year... on the eighteenth of the month of Artemisios.

Diplomatic

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Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The temple at Kedesh appears to be dedicated to the god Baalshamin based on epigraphical evidence and two carved images of eagles found at the site. This inscription, on the back side of an altar, is distributed on 12 lines with an average of four to six letters per line. The dates proposed for the inscription are based on the Tyrian era, which began in 126/125 BCE. A reading of IYE as (L)YE could indicate "in the year 405", that is 279/280 CE. By instead reading LY and taking the Ε as an abbreviation for the word ἔτους, the date would be the year 410 of the Tyrian era, that is 284/285 CE. The author notes that both readings are based on the opinion of Clermont-Ganneau and that the date is therefore uncertain. Artemisios is the eighth month of the Macedonian calendar and corresponds to May 19 - June 18, indicating a date of June 5.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

279 CE to 285 CE

Current location

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Figures

  • Two lofty palms or perhaps two trees/shrubs with boughs pointing upwards flanking the text

Bibliography

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Source of translation

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Other sources

  • Fischer, Moshe, Asher Ovadiah, and Israel Roll. “The Roman Temple at Kedesh, Upper Galilee: A Preliminary Study.” Translated by E Heineman. Tel Aviv 11 (1984): 146–72.
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  • Fischer, Moshe, Asher Ovadiah, and Israel Roll. “The Epigraphic Finds from the Roman Temple at Kedesh in the Upper Galilee.” Tel Aviv 13 (1986): 60–66.
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  • Clermont-Ganneau, Charles. “Archaeological and Epigraphic Notes on Palestine.” Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement, 1903, 125–35.
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