Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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MARE0228

Maresha, 187-175 BCE. Stele. Other Text.
Transcription

ΑΙΣΕΙΤΟΙΠΑ ΜΗΝΧΟΜΕΝ δὲ καὶ έστερον τοῖς αὐτοῖς ΛΟΝ καὶ τοῦ ΠΑ ΟΝ. Εὖ οὖν ποιήσεις προνοούμενος ἵνα ἐπιγραφῆι ἐν τοῖς συναλλάγμασιν τοῖς ἐπεσταλμένοις ἀκολούθως, καὶ τὸ ἀντίγραφον τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ἡμετέρας ἀναγραφὲν εἰς στήλαςλιθινας, ἀνατεθῆι ἐν τοῖς ἐπιφανεστάτοις τῶν ἐν τοῖςτόποις ἱερῶν

Translation

… you will do well [taking care to enter him in] the contracts, as is fitting and that a copy [of the letter] be engraved on a stele [to be set up in the most cons]picuous of [temples] in these [places …] … .

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
This translation and transcription is taken from the postscript as it reflects the most updated view of the author.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 37 cm; W: 22 cm; D: 11.9-12.4 cm

Date

187 BCE to 175 BCE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

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Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Gera, Dov. “Olympiodoros, Heliodoros and the Temples of the Koile Syria and Phoinike.” In The Excavations of Maresha Subterranean Complex 57: The “Heliodorus” Cave, 109–31. BAR International Series 2652. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014.
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Source of transcription

  • Gera, Dov. “Olympiodoros, Heliodoros and the Temples of the Koile Syria and Phoinike.” In The Excavations of Maresha Subterranean Complex 57: The “Heliodorus” Cave, 109–31. BAR International Series 2652. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Gera, Dov. “Olympiodoros, Heliodoros and the Temples of the Koile Syria and Phoinike.” In The Excavations of Maresha Subterranean Complex 57: The “Heliodorus” Cave, 109–31. BAR International Series 2652. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," MARE0228, 9 October 2026. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89