Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Golan Heights. El-'Αl, Late Hellenistic or Roman Period. Tombstone. Epitaph.

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Late Hellenistic or Roman Period Golan El-Al32.80277778,35.74500000

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ΘΑΡΣ ΜΤ ΑΕΤΟ ΚΑ

θάρσι μτ α ἔτους κα´

Be of good courage, .mt.a(?)! Twenty-one years old.

θάρσι μτ α ἔτους κα´

This is an incomplete tombstone inscription. The standard Greek opening "Be of good courage" is followed by the name and age of the deceased; the name, however, cannot be reconstructed. Damage to the right portion of the tombstone occurred as a result of its subsequent use as a wall block. The final α could be read as θ, which would change the age from twenty-one to twenty-nine. Dimensions given are for the entire remainder of the tombstone.

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