Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 geze0005 Geze 0005

Gazara (Gezer), 150 BCE - 70 CE. Boundary marker. Place marker (Boundary).

150 BCE - 70 CE Judaea Gazara (Gezer) Tel

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ΑΛΚΙΟΥ תחמגזר

Of Alkaios. Boundary of Gezer

ΑΛΚΙΟΥ תחמגזר

This inscription was discovered on the tel in Gazara, which is located about midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, close to Modi'in. Though there are no spaces between the Hebrew letters, they have been divided into two words: תחום גזר, which translates as the boundary of Gezer. The Greek letters are engraved upside-down on top of the Hebrew letters. While the Greek letters were carved strongly into the rock and remain fully intact, the Hebew letters have not been preserved well. The inscription is part of a set of nine, one of which is indecipherable.

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