Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine

Title	ID	Language(s)	Date	Transcription	Translation
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 300 CE. Red painted arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0129	Greek	Between 200 CE and 300 CE	οιὐμύρι Ἐγὼ Ἡσύχις ἐνθάδε κῖμε σὺν τῆ ἐμῇ συνβίῳ πᾶς τολμῶν ἀνῦξε ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς μὴ ἔχῃ μέρος εἰς τὸν Βίον ἀόνιον.	I, Hesychios, lie here with my wife. May anyone who dares to open (the grave) above us not have a portion in the eternal life.
Galilee. Beth Shearim, 200 CE to 300 CE. Wall. Funerary.	beth0130	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 300 CE	Εὐμοίρι κύρι μου πατὴρ μετὰ τῆς κυρίας μου μητρὸς καὶ ἔσηται ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἐχομένη ἀθανάτου Βίου Ἰακὼ καὶ Θινὼ ἡμῶν	May your portion be good, my lord father and my lady mother, and may your souls be bound (in the bundle) of immortal life. Our Jacob and Thine.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 300 CE. Wall near passageway. Funerary.	beth0131	Greek	Between 200 CE and 300 CE	Ἡ ἴση ψυχὴ ἡ ἥσω νειοτάτων ὀστῶν κὲ εὗ τὸ ἐθέθη ἄνω· τοῦ θίου μου, ὁ Πάπος ὁ ἔθρεψεν ἡμᾶς	This ossuary is one of the lowest placed coffins of all. And it is a good thing that it has been placed above. It is of my Uncle Papos, who brought us up.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 300 CE. Slab. Funerary.	beth0132	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 300 CE	Ἰοναθᾶ	Of Jonathan
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 300 CE. Wall. Funerary.	beth0133	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 300 CE	Ἀέκσο ἐφ’ עעיקסו	Let me return [to eternity]
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted above arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0134	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Μηδὶς ἀνύξει κατὰ τὴν ὁσίαν κατὰ πρόσταγμα	Nobody shall open, in accordance with the divine and secular law.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. In catacomb. Funerary.	beth0135	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Τόπος Ἐλπιδίας	The tomb of Elpidia
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted front of arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0136	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Θάρσι Καλιόπη ματρώνα, οὐδὶς ἀθάνατος, ἡ ἀπο Βίβλου	Be of good courage, matrona Calliope from Byblos ; no one is immortal.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted above arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0137	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	ἉψὶςΚαλιόπης,Βιβλίας, ματρώνης	The tomb of Calliope from Byblos , the matrona.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Wall near entrance. Funerary.	beth0138	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἰέσουος Ἰαμουρίτης	Jesus from Yahmur
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Post of archway. Funerary.	beth0139	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἰεσούου Ἰαμουρίτης	Jesus from Yahmur
Galilee. Beth Shearim, 200 CE to 400 CE. Post of archway. Funerary.	beth0140	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἰεσούου Ἰαμουρίτης	Jesus from Yahmur
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted wall near passageway. Funerary.	beth0141	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἁψίς Αἰδεσὶου γερουσιάρχου Ἀντιοχέως	The tomb of Aidesios, head of the Council of Elders, from Antiochia .
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted and incised post of arch. Funerary.	beth0142	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Εἰσὶν ἐν τῇ ἁψῖδι κρηπῖδες ἔξ ς’ διαφέρουσαι Αἰδεσίῳ	There are in the burial chamber six tombs which belong to Aidesios.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted and engraved wall near arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0143	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Αἰδέσις	Aidesios
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted and incised wall of tomb. Funerary.	beth0144	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἡσυχίς	Hesuchion
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted and carved wall of arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0145	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Μάγνος	Magnos
Beth Shearim, 200 CE - 400 CE. Red painted and incised wall of arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0146	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Κυρίλλα	Kurilla
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0147	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἐνθάδε κῖτε Ἀσθὴρ Ἄνθου Τυρία	Here lies Esther, daughter of Anthos , from Tyre .
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Lintel. Funerary.	beth0148	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Χωὴν Βυρίτιος	A priest from Beirut
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Bluish marble slab. Funerary.	beth0149	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Τόπος Μαρίνου καὶ Εἰούσστας γυνεκὸς αὐτοῦ	The tomb of Marinos and Justa his wife
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Lintel. Funerary.	beth0150	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Σατορνίλου	Satornilus
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Wall of arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0151	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Κύρις κυρά	Kuris, Kura
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Between arcosolia. Funerary.	beth0152	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἐνθάδε κῖτε	Here lies...
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Above arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0153	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Θεοδώραἐνθάδεκῖτε	Theodora lies here.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Above arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0154	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Τόπος Εἰάσονος	The tomb of Jason
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Between arcosolia. Funerary.	beth0155	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἔνθα κῖτε Σιρικία Α	Here lies Siricia.
Galilee. Beth Shearim, 200 CE to 400 CE. Arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0156	Latin, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἔνθα κῖτε Φαυόνις υἱὸς Σαβίνου καὶ μητρὸς ΕΑΡΝΙΝ	Here lies Favonis, son of Sabinus and of [his] mother...
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Above arcosolia. Funerary.	beth0157	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ὁσεὶα	The pious
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Above arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0158	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ὧδε κδῖτε	Here lies
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Above arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0159	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ὧδε κῖτε Σάρα Ἰουδέα ὁσία	Here lies Sara, the pious Jewess.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. In catacomb. Funerary.	beth0160	Latin, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἔνθα κῖτε ΩΦ Φυρία θυγάτηρ	Here lies Furia, the daughter.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. In catacomb. Funerary.	beth0161	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἔνθα κῖτε Σάρα θυγάτηρ Αυ	Here lies Sarah, the daughter of Au...
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Carved and red painted below arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0162	Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἔνθα κῖτε Σάρα γ γυνὴ Βαριωσῆ	Here lies Sarah, the wife of Bariose.
Beth Shearim, 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted and carved below arch. Funerary.	beth0163	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ὃς ἐὰν μεταθῇ ταύτην ὁ ἐπανγιλάμενος ζωποιῆσε τοὺς νεκροὺς αὐτὸς κρινει	Anyone who changes this lady's place (i.e., the woman buried in this grave), He who promised to resurrect the dead will Himself judge (him).
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted lid. Funerary.	beth0164	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ὧδε κεῖτε ὁ ὅσιος Σατορνεῖλος	Here lies Satornilus the pious.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted wall of arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0165	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἔνθα κῖτε Εὐσέβις ὁ λαμπρότατος ἀρχισυνάγωγος ὤν Βηριτῶν	Here lies Eusebios the most illustrious, head of the synagogue of the people of Beirut.
Galilee. Beth Shearim, 200 CE to 400 CE. Above arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0166	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	ΑΑΛ Κυρὰ ΜικκήΝΑΝΥΑ ΑΘΙΣ	Lady Mikke
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Above arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0167	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἀννιανὸς π Προσδοκίς	Annianos, Prosdokis
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Above arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0168	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Κούφα γιῆ	[no translation]
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted and incised lintel. Funerary.	beth0169	Latin, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Παυλίνου μυρεψοῦ	Of Paulinus, the perfume merchant
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Engraved on three arcosolia. Funerary.	beth0170	Latin, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	ΠαυλίνουΠαυλίνου Παυλίνου	Of Paulinus
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted wall. Funerary.	beth0171	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Κυρίαςγυνῆ Συμμάχου	Of Kyria, the wife of Symmakhos
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0172	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ὅλος οἶκος Ἀριστέου, εὐμοίρει Ἀριστέα	The entire burial chamber belongs to Aristeas ; may your lot be good, Aristeas!
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0173	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ἡ μάκρα Ἀριστέου Σιδωνίου	The tomb of Aristeas from Sidon
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted and incised plaster of covering. Funerary.	beth0174	Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Εὐμοίρι Ἀριστέαׁ ἐν εἰρήνηι ἡ κύμισις τοῦ ὁσίου Ἀριστέου τοῦ ὁσίου	May your portion be a good one, Aristeas ; may the pious Aristeas repose in peace!
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Black painted kokh. Funerary.	beth0175	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ῥαβὶ Γαμαλιήλ	Rabbi Gamaliel
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted slab of soft local stone. Funerary.	beth0176	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ῥαββὶ Ἀνιανοῦ τοῦ νάνου	Of Rabbi Anianos the little
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Red painted semicircle on soft plaster. Funerary.	beth0177	Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Ὧδε κῖντε ἡ μακαρία ἡ δεῖνα καί Ἀστήρ	Here lie...the blessed deceased...and Esther.
Galilee. Beth Shearim. 200 CE to 400 CE. Below arcosolium. Funerary.	beth0178	Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek	Between 200 CE and 400 CE	Λαζὰρ Βαριοσαῖμ	Laze, son of Bariose

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