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KHIS0071

Khisfin, 100 CE - 299 CE. Block. Dedicatory.


Transcription Αὔλος Οὔλπιος Αὐρήλιος οὐετερανὸς λεγιῶνος γ Κυρηναίων Διὶ Βήλῳ εὐξάμενος ἀνέθηκεν.
Translation Aulos(?) Ulpios Aurelius(?), a veteran of legion III Cyrenaica, having made a vow to Zeus Bel, dedicated (this).
Diplomatic ΑΟΥΛΠΙΟΣ ΡΗΛΟΥΕΛΕΓΓΚΥΡΔΙΙΒΗΕΥΞΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ

Transcription

Αὔλος Οὔλπιος Αὐρήλιος οὐετερανὸς λεγιῶνος γ Κυρηναίων Διὶ Βήλῳ εὐξάμενος ἀνέθηκεν.

Translation

Aulos(?) Ulpios Aurelius(?), a veteran of legion III Cyrenaica, having made a vow to Zeus Bel, dedicated (this).

Diplomatic

ΑΟΥΛΠΙΟΣ ΡΗΛΟΥΕΛΕΓΓΚΥΡΔΙΙΒΗΕΥΞΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ

Terminus post quem:: 100 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 299 CE

Notes

The inscription (a cornerstone?) seems to be complete. Though there may be a preceding line or lines, no partial letters appear on the right and left edges of the stone. The placement of the three letters in line 5 suggest a centering by the stonecutter. A date in the second or third century seems likely for this inscription, as legion III Cyrenaica was in Syria/North Arabia throughout the third century, and for some time prior to that.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 42 cm; W: 61 cm; D: 56 cm

Date

100 CE to 299 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

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Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

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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