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Location

KHIS0086

Khisfin, Date unknown. Lintel (?). Invocation (?).

Transcription

Χριστὸς νίκα Χριστὸς βοήθη ἐπισκώπου Πενμ

Translation

Christ conquer! Christ help! ...of Bishop Penm(?)...

Diplomatic

ΧΣ ΝΙΚΑ ΧΣ ΒΟ ΘΗ + ΩΠΟΥΠΕΝΜ

Terminus post quem:
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Notes
It is possible that an earlier epigraph was removed in order for the lintel to be Christianized, although the space was never filled in with new letters. The reading of the latter half of line 3 is difficult. If the fifth letter of the third line is not pi, but tau, the meaning is no more obvious.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 35 cm; W: 75 cm; D: 16 cm

Date

0 CE to 0 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • tabula ansata effaced, but outline remains on the second line of the inscription

  • cross right side of extant fragment, at the end of the second line

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

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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