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Golan. Ramsaniyye. Late Roman or Early Byzantine Period. Block. Dedication.
Transcription

κύριε πρόσδεξε τὴν προσφορὰν τοῦ λαμπροτάτου Βαλβίωνος τῷ ἐξ ἰδίων καὶ κόπου ἔκτισεν τοῦ ἁγίου τώπου καὶ κύριε βωήθι Μαξιμου οἰκοδόμου τοῦ καὶ γράψαντος

Translation

Lord accept the offering of (the) illustrious Balbionus, who(?) at his own expense and toil made this holy(?) place. And Lord help Maximus the builder who also wrote this.

Diplomatic

ΚΥΡΙΕΠΡΟΣΔΕΞΕΤΗΝΠΡΟΣΦΟΡΑΝΤΟΥΛΑΜΠΡΟΒΑΛΒΙΩΝΟΣΤΩΕΞΙΔΙΩΝ ΚΑΙΚΟΠΟΥΕΚΤΙΣΕΝΤΟΥΑΓ ΤΩΠΟΥΚΑΙΚΥΡ ΕΒΩΗΘΙΜΑΞΙΜΟΥΟ ΚΟΔΟΜΟΥΤΟΥΚΑΙΓΡΑΨΑΝΤΟ

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Notes
Block with complete inscription.Gregg derives his reading from earlier and recent drawings of Dauphin, Schumacher, and Oliphant. The measurements are taken from Dauphin's drawing (1:10). Gregg also references the recovered stone, which is damaged along the right edge, with chipping widening towards the bottom. The stone features a chi-rho at the beginning of the transcription. In the middle of the stone, there is an encircled, stylized palm tree with the text wrapped around the figure. The epigraph contains formulae similar to many dedicatory inscriptions. The recovery of the stone permits the correction of earlier published drawings by Oliphant and Schumacher, though Oliphant saw the epigraph prior to the chipping of the right side. Problems of interpretation, however, remain. There are two grammatical irregularities: the use of the genitive where the accusative is expected after ἔκτισεν, and βοήθει with the genitive. The spelling τῶπου for τόπου is not unusual.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 48 cm; W: 70 cm; D: —

Date

200 CE to 500 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Palm tree middle of stone

  • Chi-rho beginning of inscription, top left side of extant stone

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.
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  • Oliphant, L. “New Discoveries.” Palestinian Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement, 1886.
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," RAMS0002, 5 September 2026. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89