Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow

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Beit Guvrin, 1st-2nd century BCE. Cave wall. Graffito.

The cave was quarried manually in local chalk

One of the two inscriptions in the cave alongside two wall reliefs. This inscription is situated in the north wall of the cave, c. 3 m above the presdent ground level of the cave.

The one-line inscription is 160 cm wide.

1st-2nd century BCE Judaea Beth Guvrin Philinos Cave

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Φιλίνου ναατομια

The bakers of Philinos

The second word is the Greek transcription of the Aramaic nḥtmyʾ, which is the plural emphatic of nḥtm ('baker').

Φιλίνου ναατομια

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