Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine

Title	ID	Language(s)	Date	Transcription	Translation
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Unknown Text.	mare0184	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	βίος ἠμὸςὄρει	My life (is coming) to an end(?)
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Unknown Text.	mare0185	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	κύριοι ἀναγκάζομαι	Sirs, I have to...
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Unknown Text.	mare0186	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	κύριος	Lord or owner
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Votive.	mare0187	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	οισ θεός του θεοῦ δος	...the god...of the god...
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Dedicatory.	mare0188	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	ἀγαπὴΛυκίῳ	Love to Ly(kios?)...
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Unknown text.	mare0189	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	μεγάλου Lἔτους γ	The third year of the great...
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Unknown Text.	mare0190	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	ων καὶ μάλα φο	… and much ...
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Unknown Text.	mare0191		Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Unknown Text.	mare0192		Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Unknown Text.	mare0193	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	γυρά	Round...
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Unknown Text.	mare0194		Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Unknown Text.	mare0195		Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Label.	mare0196	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	ἐρέβινθος	Pea
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Label.	mare0197		Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Label.	mare0198	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	β κάβοι δ	Two qab of ….
Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Label.	mare0199	Greek	Between 332 BCE and 63 BCE	πυρός ε κάβοι πυροῦ	5 qab of wheat
Maresha. Fifth to second centuries BCE. Altar. Dedicatory	mare0205	Greek	Between 499 BCE and 100 BCE	Δημήτηρμεγάλη ι κατὰ γήν ν ιαννι	To Demeter the Great,... under the earth....
Maresha. Fifth to second centuries BCE. Altar. Dedicatory	mare0206	Greek	Between 499 BCE and 100 BCE	ΔημῆςΔαμοκλεῦςτ᾽ υἱὸςπαρὰ τῇἸσίδι	… and Demas, the son of Damokles, for Isis
Maresha. Fifth to second centuries BCE. Altar. Dedicatory	mare0207		Between 499 BCE and 100 BCE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Maresha. Fifth to second centuries BCE. Altar. Dedicatory	mare0208		Between 499 BCE and 100 BCE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Maresha, 108-107 BCE. Lead weight. Label.	mare0209	Greek	Between 108 BCE and 107 BCE	Lἔτους σε´ ἀγορανομοῦντος Ἀγαθοκλέους	Year 205 (?), Agathokles being agoranomos
Maresha, 108-107 BCE. Lead weight. Label.	mare0210	Greek	Between 108 BCE and 107 BCE	Lἔτους σε´ ἀγορανομοῦντος Ἀγαθοκλέους	Year 205, Agathokles being agoranomos
Maresha, 108-107 BCE. Weight. Label.	mare0211	Greek	Between 108 BCE and 107 BCE	Lἔτους σε ἀγορανομοῦντος Ἀγαθοκλέους	Year 205 (?), Agathokles (?) being agoranomos
Maresha, 170 BCE - 169 BCE. Lead weight. Label.	mare0212	Greek	Between 170 BCE and 169 BCE	ἀγορανομοῦντος Ἠρακλειδου Ἀππολονίου Lἔτους ϝΜΡ	Heraklides son of Apollonios being agoranomos, 143rd (or 146th) year
Maresha, Fifth to second centuries BCE. Lead weight. Label.	mare0213		Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Maresha, Fifth to second centuries BCE. Lead weight. Label.	mare0214	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	Ἀγαθοκλέους ἀγορανομοῦντος	When Agathokleos [and...?] was (or were) agoranomos (agoranamoi?)
Maresha, 104-103 BCE. Lead weight. Label.	mare0215	Greek	Between 104 BCE and 103 BCE	Lἔτους ασ´ ἀγορανομοῦντοςΣωσιβίου	Year 201, Sosibios being agoranomos
Maresha, Fifth to second centuries BCE. Weight. Label.	mare0216	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	Lἔτους νρ´ ἀγορανομοῦντος Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦΔιοδώρου Η	Year 150 (or 140). Apollonius son of Diodoros being agoranomos, 8 (or 1/8 or ½)
Maresha, Fifth to second centuries BCE. Lead weight. Label.	mare0217	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	ἀγορανόμουLἔτους ϛ ιπτρ	… being agoranomos... year 6
Maresha, Fifth to second centuries BCE. Lead weight. Label.	mare0218	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	ἀγορανομούντων τοθξρ Lἔτους η ΜενεκράτουἈθηνοδώρου	(?) the eigth year, Menekratos and Athenodoros being agoronomoi
Maresha, Fifth to second centuries BCE. Lead weight. Label.	mare0219		Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Maresha, Fifth to second centuries BCE. Lead weight. Label.	mare0220	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	ἡμιόγδοον	[no translation]
Maresha, 178 BCE. Stele. Other Text.	mare0227	Greek	178 BCE	Βασιλεὺς Σέλευκος Ἡλιοδώρῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν· πλείστην πρόνοιαν ποιούμενοι περὶ τῆς τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων ἀσφαλείας καὶ μέγιστον ἀγαθὸν εἶναι νομίζοντες τοῖς πράγμασιν, ὅταν οἱ κατὰ τὴν βασιλείαν ἀδεῶς τοὺς ἑαυτῶν βίους διοικῶσιν, καὶ συνθεωροῦντες, ὡς οὐθὲν δύναται μεταλαμβάνειν τῆς καθηκούσης εὐδαιμονίας ἄνευ τῆς τῶν θεῶν εὐμενείας, ἵνα μέν τὰ καθιδρυμένα κατὰ τὰς ἄλλας σατραπείας ἱερὰ τὰς πατρίους κομίζηται τιμὰς μετὰ τῆς ἁρμοζούσης θεραπείας, ἐξ ἀρχῆς τυγχάνομεν τεταγμένοι, τῶν δέ κατὰ Κοίλην Συρίαν καὶ Φοινίκην πραγμάτων οὑκ ἑχόντων τὸν τασσόμενεν πρὸς τῆι τούτων ἐπιμελείαι, κατενοὴσαμεν ὅτι σωφρόνως προστήσεται τῆς εὐκοσμίας ταγμάτων Ὀλυμπιόδωρος, ὃς τὴν πίστιν ἡμῖν τῆς ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ διαλήψεως ἐκ τῶν προγεγονότων χρόνων παρεισχημένος, τραφεὶς γὰρ μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν ἀρίστην ἐν ἅπασιν ἀπενηνεγμένος διάθεσιν, κατὰ λόγον μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ κοιτῶνος κατεστάθη τῆς τηλικαύτης πίστεως φανεὶς ἄξιος, δικαίως δὲ τῶν πρώτων πρώτων φίλων ἀπεδείχθη, τῆς τῆς πρὸς ἡμᾶς φιλοστοργίας, τὰς ἐκτενεστάτας ἀποδείξεις ποιησάμενος ἐν δὲ τῆι τοιαύτηι γενόμενος τάξει, καὶ παρηκολουθηκὼς ὡς διακείμεθα πρὸς τὸ συναύξειν τὰς τῶν θεῶυν τιμὰς ἀκολούθως τῆι τῶν προγόνων αἱρέσει καί τὴν φροντίδα τῶν ἱερῶν, ἦι διαπεισθέντες ἐκ τῶν προγεγονότων χρόνων, αὐτοῦ πρὸς τῆς	King Seleucus to Heliodoros his brother, greetings. We, taking the greatest care concerning the security of our subjects, and thinking it to be of the greatest good for our affiars when those who live throughout the kingdom lead their own lives without fear, and observing at the same time that nothing can partake of due good fortune without the favor of the gods, have prescribed from the start that the established sanctuaries throughout the other strapies be provided with the ancestral honours with the proper service. However, as the affairs in Koile Syria and Phoinike lack someone in charge for the care of these things, we thought that Olympiodoros will preside prudently over the orderly conduct of associations (?), [he, who] has demonstrated his loyalty to us because of his attitude, from times gone by, as he had been raised with us and had gained for himself the best disposition in all things, he was, on the one hand, appointed chamberlain with reason, because he has proved himself worthy due to his long-standing loyalty, while on the other, he was justifiably introduced into the (ranks of the) First Friends because of his love for us, having made the most assiduous demonstrations (of loyalty) while in such a [rank], and following the way that we are inclined to [increase] the honour of the gods in accordance with the [attitude] of our ancestors and the care of the temples in which we believed from [times gone by …] … .
Maresha, 187-175 BCE. Stele. Other Text.	mare0228	Greek	Between 187 BCE and 175 BCE	ΑΙΣΕΙΤΟΙΠΑ ΜΗΝΧΟΜΕΝ δὲ καὶ έστερον τοῖς αὐτοῖς ΛΟΝ καὶ τοῦ ΠΑ ΟΝ. Εὖ οὖν ποιήσεις προνοούμενος ἵνα ἐπιγραφῆι ἐν τοῖς συναλλάγμασιν τοῖς ἐπεσταλμένοις ἀκολούθως, καὶ τὸ ἀντίγραφον τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ἡμετέρας ἀναγραφὲν εἰς στήλαςλιθινας, ἀνατεθῆι ἐν τοῖς ἐπιφανεστάτοις τῶν ἐν τοῖςτόποις ἱερῶν	… you will do well [taking care to enter him in] the contracts, as is fitting and that a copy [of the letter] be engraved on a stele [to be set up in the most cons]picuous of [temples] in these [places …] … .
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0229	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	β βάτοι	2 bat
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0230	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	σέα	seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0231	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	σέα	seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0232	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	σέα	seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0233	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	σέα	seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0234	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	σέα	seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0235	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	σέα	seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0236	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	σέα	seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0237	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	β σέαι	2 seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0238	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	β σέαι	2 seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0239	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	β σέαι	2 seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0240	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	β σέαι	2 seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0241	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	β σέαι	2 seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0242	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	β σέαι	2 seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0243	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	β σέαι	2 seah
Maresha, Fifth Century BCE to Second Century BCE. Ostrakon. Financial.	mare0244	Greek	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	β σέαι	2 seah

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