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ODOB0004

Avdat, 293-294 CE. Lintel.

Transcription

Ἀγαθῇ τύχῄ Ζεῦ Ὄβοδα βοήθει Εἰρηναίῳ οἰκοδομούντι ἐπὶ αἰσίοις τὸν πύργον ἔτους ΡΠΗ διὰ Οὐαέλου οἰκοδόμου Πετρέου καὶ Εὐτύχους

Translation

In good luck! Zeus Oboda, give help to Eirenaios who built this tower in good omen, in the year 188, with (the assistance of) the builder Wailos from Petra and Eutiches.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: 0 cm

Date

293 CE to 294 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

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Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

  • Negev, Avraham. The Greek Inscriptions from the Negev. Studium Biblicum Franciscanarum: Collectio Minor 25. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1981.
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Source of translation

  • Negev, Avraham. The Greek Inscriptions from the Negev. Studium Biblicum Franciscanarum: Collectio Minor 25. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1981.
    Zotero
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