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RAMS0001

Golan. Ramsaniyye. Late Roman or Early Byzantine Period. Lintel. Invocation.

Transcription

τοῦτο + νικᾷ

Translation

This (sign) conquers!

Diplomatic

+ ΤΟΥΤΟ + ΝΙΚΑ +

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Door lintel, inscription complete. This inscription bears a familiar Christian formula. A stone chip obscures the last letters. The inscription also features several carved, encircled crosses.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 27 cm; W: 150 cm; D: —

Date

200 CE to 500 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Cross beginning of inscription, left side of extant lintel

  • Cross end of inscription, right side of extant lintel

  • Cross between words, center of extant lintel

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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  • Schumacher, Gottlieb. The Jaulân. R. Bentley and Son, 1888.
    Zotero
  • Schumacher, Gottlieb. The Jaulân. R. Bentley and Son, 1888.
    Zotero
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