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TALA0002

Golan. Tel et-Talaya, Date unknown. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

θάρσι Δομεττιάς Ἀβωνου ἐτῶν π´

Translation

Be of good courage, Domettias, daughter of Abonos! Eighty years old.

Diplomatic

ΘΑΡΣΙΔΟΜΕΤΤΙΑΣΑΒΩΝΟΥΕΤΠ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Tombstone, inscription complete. There is an omega framing the numeral of the last line, which is not a feature of other Golan burial markers. The forms of the names in this epitaph are also odd. The first is similar to that of an inscription from Farj (farj0001). Both are variants of the Latin name Domitius/a. The second name appears to be related to Αβουνου. The names might be read differentlyl, if the first is in the vocative or feminine: Δομεττία and Σαβώνου.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 60 cm; W: 36 cm; D: 12 cm

Date

0 CE to 0 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Omega framing numeral on bottom of tombstone

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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