Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Golan Heights. El-'Αl, Roman Period. Stele. Funerary or dedicatory.

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Roman Period Golan El-Al32.80277778,35.74500000

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ΓΕΝΙΗΣΒΛΑΣΤΗΜΑ ΑΙΠΑΙΔΕΙΗΣΚΑΙΤΟΝΕΡΝΟ ΙΣΤΡΑΤΙΗΣΜΕΤΑΤΑΥΤΑ ΙΗΓΕΜΟΝΕΣΣΙΝΗΤΟΥ ΠΑΙΤΗΣΕΠΙΚΟΣΣ

εὐγενίης βλάστημα καὶ παιδείης καὶ τὸν ἔρνος ι στρατίης μετὰ ταῦτα ι ἡγεμόνεσσιν ητου παι τῆς ἐπικόσμησεως

...offshoot of noble birth...and of culture also the shoot(?)...military service(?) after this...to the leaders...(?)...of the decorating...

εὐγενίης βλάστημα καὶ παιδείης καὶ τὸν ἔρνος ι στρατίης μετὰ ταῦτα ι ἡγεμόνεσσιν ητου παι τῆς ἐπικόσμησεως

The remainder of this stele is clearly damaged on all four sides. The original inscription, quite a bit longer, was in hexametric verse. It is interesting to note that among the surviving references to pedigree, military service, and either administrative, civic or military leadership, no Jewish or Christian content remains. It is the lettering that dates this epigraph. Dimensions given refer to the entire remainder of the stone.

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