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KHIS0080

Khisfin, Date unknown. Chancel screen panel(?). Dedicatory.
Transcription

+ προσφορά Οὐάλεντος διακόνου Ἀμην

Translation

An offering of Valens, a deacon. Amen.

Diplomatic

+ ΠΡΟΣΦΟΡΑΟΥΑΛΕΝΤΟΣΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΥ Ν

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The upper portion of the panel consists of a large inscribed cross. This, along with the content of the epigraph, argue for the panel's location within Khisfin's church. The slab probably stood vertically, and may have been a chancel panel, though it does not show the grooves and squared designs typical of these structures. This and khis0081 are closely similar in their cross designs; both are in deep relief and of the same size. The two slabs are of nearly equivalent dimensions, and the depth measurement for this inscription is actually inferred from khis0081.The nu at the end of the third line is read as an abbreviation of Ἀμήν, which regularly concludes such offertory inscriptions.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 64 cm; W: 52 cm; D: 24 (?) cm

Date

0 CE to 0 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • cross top center of panel

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. page 80-81.
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