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Golan Heights. Rafid. Byzantine Period. Tombstone. Epitaph.
Transcription

θάρσι Κύρες Ρηλ θο

Translation

Be of good courage, Kures...

Diplomatic

ΘΑΡΣΙ ΚΥΡΕΣ ΡΗΛ ΘΟ

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Notes
This incomplete epitaph has the standard Greek opening "be of good courage." We would expect the name and age of the deceased to follow (but it does not here). The name Κύρες may correspond to Κύρις or Κύριος, but the name on this tombstone appears to be longer and the full name or names are not indentifiable. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 60 cm; W: 26 cm; D: 17 cm

Date

338 CE to 640 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

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Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

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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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