Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Golan. Fakhem. Date unknown. Boundary Marker. Unknown

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Date Unknown Golan Fakhem32.95255581523348,35.848627725022105 Building material

Fakhem, secondarily used as construction material.

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ΝΔΙΟΡΙΖΟ ΑΝΜΗ ΕΝΥΠΑΤΗΠ Υ Χ

λίθον διορίζοντ αν μη ἐν ὑπατη π υ χ

λίθον διορίζοντ αν μη ἐν ὑπατη π υ χ

Boundary marker, inscription incomplete. Only the words [λίθο]ν διορίζοντα can be read with confidence. The missing beginning of this epigraph probably bore the names of Diocletian and his colleagues in the Tetrarchy, as do other boundary markers from the Golan. The third line could contain the phrase ἐν ὑπατείᾳ ("in the consulship"), though this is not documented in the other boundary stones. The stone was found in Fakhem, but was in secondary use as construction material. It is unclear whether it originated there, or was moved to the site for construction when the city began flourishing in the twentieth century. If the latter scenario is the case, it is possible that the marker originated in Farj, a rich antique site lying 1 km south-east.

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