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Golan Heights. Rasm el-Khayakath, 200 CE - 699 CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.
Transcription

θάρσι Μάρης μ´

Translation

Be of good courage, Mares! Forty years old.

Diplomatic

ΘΑΡΣΙ ΜΑΡ ΗΣ Μ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The reading of this inscription is uncertain due to erosion of the stone. In particular, the eta of line 3 could be a mu, and the sigma could be an omicron. (The name Μαρμο, however, is not attested.) Line 2 might have contained an additional one or two letter(s). The mu in the fourth line indicating the age of the deceased, here assumed to be overlined, could actually be a pi. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 52 cm; W: 26 cm; D: 12 cm

Date

200 CE to 699 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

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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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