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RAFI0001

Rafid, Byzantine Period. Lintel. Invocation.

Transcription

ζωοή + Χριστός

Translation

Life! + Christ!

Diplomatic

ΖΟΗ + Χ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
A cross in relief is inscribed in a circle at the center of this lintel. Due to erosion of the stone, the reading of the last character as a chi, and thus the supplied letters of "Christ," is questionable. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 25 cm; W: 135 cm; D: 35 cm

Date

338 CE to 640 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Cross at the center of the stone, in relief, cleanly and carefully executed

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

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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