Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Golan Heights. Deir Mfadal, Roman or Byzantine Period. Tombstone. Epitaph.

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Roman or Byzantine Period Golan Deir Mfadal32.947466445788926,35.77276047003927 graveyard

Discovered in the graveyard of the modern settlement, located to the south-east of the village.

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 Creation Edited summary and display date Corrected encoding adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.

ΘΑΡΣ ΔΟ ΕΤ ΝΕΤΟ

θάρσει Δομετιανέ ἐτῶν ο

Be of good courage, Dometianos(?)! Fifty years old.

θάρσει Δομετιανέ ἐτῶν ο

This epitaph has the standard Greek opening "Be of good courage" followed by the name and age of the deceased. Due to erosion, the reading of this inscription is not definite. The name may be somewhat doubtful, and the o in the last line may not indicate age, but rather join the preceding letters to form part of the word ἔτους. If so, then a final line not surviving here included the remaining letters υς followed by the age of the deceased. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

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