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ODOB0027

Avdat, 88-89 CE. Limestone object. Dedicatory.

Transcription

דנה סכרא די בנא גרמו וחברוהי שנת 18 למראנא רבאל די אחיי ושיזב עמה

Translation

This is the dam (or dam system) which Garmo and his friends built in the eighteenth year of our Lord Rab'el, who brought life and deliverance (to his people)

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Refers to Rab'el II

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 46 cm; W: 63 cm; D: —

Date

88 CE to 89 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Negev, Avraham. “Nabatean Inscriptions from ’Avdat (Oboda).” Israel Exploration Journal 11, no. 3 (1961): 127–38. insc 8.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Negev, Avraham. “Nabatean Inscriptions from ’Avdat (Oboda).” Israel Exploration Journal 11, no. 3 (1961): 127–38. insc 8.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Negev, Avraham. “Nabatean Inscriptions from ’Avdat (Oboda).” Israel Exploration Journal 11, no. 3 (1961): 127–38. insc 8.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ODOB0027, 3 April 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89