Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Golan. Tel 'Akasha, Late Roman or early Byzantine period. Tombstone. Epitaph.

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Cross Top center of stone Chi-rho Beginning of line 1 Omega and alpha Bottom of inscription Chi-rho Bottom of inscription, within a carved disk Late Roman or early Byzantine period Golan Tel 'Akasha33.021413672230125,35.839545638277976 cemetery

Found in the cemetery which surrounds the Sheikh's tomb and extends to the northern slopes of the mound.

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+ ΜΝΣΣΟΠΡΕS ΑΛΑΦ ΟΑΧΕ ΑΠΛΕΤΒ Ω Α

+ μνησθῇ ὁ πρεσβύτερος Ἀλαφ οαχ ε απλετβ ΩΑ

Remember the presbyter Alaph...

μνησθῇ ὁ πρεσβύτερος Ἀλαφ ο αχ ε απλετβ ΩΑ

This tombstone was originally discovered by Urman's survey team during a brief visit to the site in 1968. The inscription is complete, but is badly worn in the lower half. Only the first three lines can be read with confidence. ΜΝΣΣ is a variation on a familiar abbreviation. The abbreviation symbol S at the end of line 2 strongly suggests the common designation for presbyter, despite the indefiniteness of the letter Gregg reads as rho. The last letter of line 3 is illegible, making it difficult to interpret the end of the name. The inscription is identified as Christian by the presence of an incised cross at the top center and a chi-rho at the beginning of the inscription. Additional Christian symbols were detected at the bottom of the inscription. There is a faintly etched omega and alpha above a carved disk, within which there is an upright chi-rho similar to that in line 1.

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