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SUKE0001

Golan Heights. Sukeik, Late Roman or early Byzantine period. Lintel. Invocation.
Transcription

εἷς θεός + ὑγία Γερμανός

Translation

(There is) one God....health....Germanus(?)

Diplomatic

ΕΙΣΘ + ΥΓΙΑ ΓΕΡΜΑ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
This lintel is broken on the right side with an unknown number of characters missing. The inscription opens with the common Christian formula "(There is) one God...," which is usually followed by "[and his Christ] who helps..." with a person or household specified. An inscription from Baziher suggests one way the term ὑγία might have been placed in this type of door lintel: "εἷς θεὸς ὁ βοηθῶν πᾶσι. Ζοή. Ὑγἰα." An encircled cross, cut in relief, sits to the left of the text here. The name Γερμανός is well attested. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 34 cm; W: 63 cm; D: 18 cm

Date

200 CE to 450 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • cross left side of 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.
    Zotero
  • Epstein, C. “The Survey in the Golan Heights.” In Judea, Samaria and the Golan: Archaeological Survey 1967-1968, 243–98. Jerusalem, 1972.
    Zotero
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