Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine

Title	ID	Language(s)	Date	Transcription	Translation
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Ceramic Vessel. Label.	masa0921	Latin	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	MT	[no translation]
Masada, Before spring 73 or 74 CE. Ceramic Vessel. Label.	masa0922	Greek	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	Θ	[no translation]
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Ceramic Vessel. Label.	masa0923	Latin	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	SU N	[no translation]
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Ceramic Vessel. Label.	masa0924	Greek, Hebrew	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	ρ κγ עוזרל לג דווו	[no translation]
Masada, Before spring 73 or 74 CE. Ceramic Vessel. Label.	masa0925	Greek, Hebrew	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	ιρ	[no translation]
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Ceramic Vessel. Label.	masa0926	Greek	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	ΠΑΤΡΙΚΟΝ	[no translation]
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Ceramic Vessel. Label.	masa0927	Greek	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	χιαλ	[no translation]
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0928	Greek	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	φιλο	[no translation]
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0929	Greek	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	οιτελιννη	[no translation]
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0930	Greek	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	ἀγαθῆ τύχη	Good fortune
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0931	Greek	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	μνησθῇ	[no translation]
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0932	Greek	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	γ μγδ ισια ___________ ε με σκε γε	[no translation]
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0934	Greek	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	οιη	[no translation]
Masada, before spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0935	Greek	Between 100 BCE and 74 CE	ηθ	[no translation]
Masada, between 66 and spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0936	Latin	Between 66 CE and 74 CE	Iosepus	[no translation]
Masada, After Spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0937	Latin	Between 73 CE and 74 CE	legio X Fretensis	[no translation]
Masada, After Spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0939a	Latin	Between 73 CE and 74 CE	rm ur _c_c	[no translation]
Masada, After Spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0939b	Latin	Between 73 CE and 74 CE	vie	[no translation]
Masada, After Spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0940a	Latin	Between 73 CE and 74 CE	ior	[no translation]
Masada, After Spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0940b	Latin	Between 73 CE and 74 CE	iv	[no translation]
Masada, After Spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0940c	Latin	Between 73 CE and 74 CE	h	[no translation]
Masada, After Spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0940d		Between 73 CE and 74 CE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Masada, before or after spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0941	Greek, Latin	Between 73 CE and 74 CE	α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν χ ο π ρ σ τ a b c d e e f h e	[no translation]
Masada, before or after spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0942a	Greek	Unknown	antαντ	[no translation]
Masada, before or after spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0942b	Greek	Unknown	tτ	[no translation]
Masada, before or after spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0942c	Greek	Unknown	nasνασ	[no translation]
Masada, before or after spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0942d	Greek	Unknown	aiαι	[no translation]
Masada, Before or after spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0942e	Greek	Unknown	ζ>η θ	[no translation]
Masada, After Spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0943		Between 73 CE and 74 CE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Masada, After Spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0944	Latin	Between 73 CE and 74 CE	M	[no translation]
Masada, After Spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.	masa0945		Between 73 CE and 74 CE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Masada, 27-6 BCE. Amphora Stamp. Label.	masa0946		Between 27 BCE and 6 BCE	[no transcription]	[no translation]
Masada, 27-6 BCE. Amphora Stamp. Label.	masa0947	Latin	Between 27 BCE and 6 BCE	NEPOT	[no translation]
Masada, 37-4 BCE. Amphora Stamp. Label.	masa0948	Latin	Between 37 BCE and 4 BCE	Livi Caustri Suri	[no translation]
Masada, 37-4 BCE. Amphora Stamp. Label.	masa0949	Latin	Between 37 BCE and 4 BCE	Marci Octavii Eudemi	[no translation]
Masada, 37-4 BCE. Amphora Stamp. Label.	masa0950	Latin	Between 37 BCE and 4 BCE	Marci Octavii Eudemi	[no translation]
Masada, 37-4 BCE. Amphora Stamp. Label.	masa0951	Latin	Between 37 BCE and 4 BCE	PA	[no translation]
Judaea, Masada, Byzantine period. Ring. Apotropaic.	masa0952	Greek	Between 450 CE and 638 CE	ὑγίαὑγίεια Ἀβυσοβ	Health. Abusob
Tell Mas'ud, 400-350 BCE. Copper tube shape. Dedicatory, offering.	masu0001	Hebrew	Between 400 BCE and 350 BCE	זי עבד גברטב לעשתרמ אלחיי נפשה	That which GBRTB made to STRM for the life of his soul
Golan Heights. Mazra'at Quneitra, 200 CE - 699 CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.	mazr0001	Greek	Between 200 CE and 699 CE	θάρσει Σαβῖνα ἐτῶν λ´ε´	[Be of good courage], Sabina! Thirty-five years old.
Mazuvah, 7th century CE. Mosaic floor.	mazu0001	Greek	Between 600 CE and 699 CE	ΩΣ Ω	[no translation]
Megiddo, 3rd century CE. Mosaic. Votive.	megi0001	Greek	Between 200 CE and 299 CE	ΠροσήνικενΠροσήνεγκεν Ἀκεπτοῦς ⸱ ἡ φιλόθεος τὴν τράπεζαν ⸱ Θεῷ ⸱ Ἰησοῦ ⸱ Χριστῷ μνημόσυνον	The god-loving Akeptous has offered the table to God Jesus Christ as a memorial.
Megiddo, 211-217 CE. Column. Dedicatory.	megi0002	Latin	Between 211 CE and 217 CE	Isidi Bubasti vere vere Pro salute et incolumitate domini nostri Imperatoris Caesaris Aureli Antonini Augusti praesentissimum deum Magnum Sarapidem legio VI Ferrata Constans Antoniniana Iulius Isidorianus primus pilus	To Isis, the real ...Julius Isidorianus, the first centurion of legio VI Ferrata Fidelis Constatnis Antoninianae, dedicated this to the health and prosperity of our lord Caracalla, with the great god Serapis.
Megiddo, 120-215 CE. Monument. Dedicatory.	megi0003	Latin	Between 120 CE and 215 CE	Pro salute Aemilii Aemilius E Silvano sancto.	Greetings from Aemilius […] Aemilius […] venerable Silvanus.
Megiddo, 150-215 CE. Slab. Epitaph.	megi0004	Latin	Between 150 CE and 215 CE	Dis Manibus Titus Aurelius Apis miles legionis VI Ferratae.	For the spirits of the Deceased. Titus Aurelius Apis, soldier of the sixth legion Ferrata (is buried here).
Meroth, 5th century CE. Mosaic floor. Dedicatory.	mero0001	Aramaic, Hebrew	Between 400 CE and 500 CE	יודן בר שמעון מני	Yudan the son of Shimeon menei.
Meroth, 5th century CE. Lintel. Verse.	mero0002	Aramaic, Hebrew	Between 400 CE and 500 CE	זאיב וטלה ירעו כאחד	The wolf and the lamb will graze together.
Meroth, 7th century CE. Bronze Amulet. Invocation, magical protection.	mero0003	Hebrew	Between 600 CE and 699 CE	דעל חסדך ועל אמתךבשם יהוה נעשה ונצליחאל חזק וגיבור ברוך שמךוברוכה מלכותך היך דכבשתימה בסוסיך ורקעת ארעהבמסנך והיך מה דאת מכבשאילנייה ביום סיתבה ועסבהדארעה ביום קייטה כדין יתכבשוןעלויתהקודם יוסי ברה דזינביה יהוויממרי ומשמעי עליהון הך מהדשמיה כבישין קודם אלהאוארעה כבישה קודם בניאנשה ובני אנשה כבישיןכבישין קודם מותהומותה כביש קודםאלהא כדין יהוון עמהדהדה קרתה כבישיןותבירין ונפיליןקודם יוסי ברה דזינביהבשם חטועע מלאכהדאשתלח קודם ישראלאנה עבד סימן צלחצלח אמןאמן סלההללויה	For your mercy and for your truth. In the name of YHWH we shall do and succeed. Strong and mighty God! May your name be blessed and may your kingdom be blessed. As you have suppressed the sea by your horses and stamped the earth with your shoe, and as you suppress trees in winter days and the herb of the earth in summer days, so may (there be suppressed) … before Yose son of Zenobia. May my word and my obedience be imposed on them. Just as the sky is suppressed before God, and the earth is suppressed before people, and people are suppressed before death, and death is suppressed before God, so may the inhabitants of this town be suppressed and broken and fallen before Yose son of Zenobia. In the name of Ḥṭwʿʿ, the angel who was sent before Israel, I make a (magic) sign. Success, Success, Amen, Amen, Selah, Hallelujah.
Mt. Gerizim, probably 200-100 BCE, maybe 400-300 BCE. Limestone Block. Dedication.	mger0001	Aramaic, Hebrew	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	זי הקרב אלעזר בר על נפשה ועל אמה אנתתה ובנוהי	That which El‛azar [son of PN] offered [for himself][and] for his wife Imma and [his] so[ns...]
Mt. Gerizim, probably 200-100 BCE, maybe 400-300 BCE. Limestone Block. Dedication.	mger0002	Aramaic, Hebrew	Between 400 BCE and 100 BCE	זי הקרב שבי על נפשה על אנתתה ובנוהי	[That which] Šby offered for himself[and for] his [w]ife and his sons

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