Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 hamm0057 Hamm 0057

Galilee. Hammatha, 300 CE - 700 CE. Plaque. Dedicatory.

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Engraved lenghtwise on a rectangular stone

The letters belong to the oval alphabet. The quality of the engraving is excellent, befitting an official inscription

 300 CE - 700 CE Galilee Hammatha32.683056,35.665278 Bathhouse Area G

Middle of pavement of oval pool in Area G.

 Israel Museum or IAA storehouse, Romema, Jerusalem

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 Creation Corrections Adding geo element with lat long coordinates to settlement adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. Edited metadata and corrected encoding Zev Radovan

ΕΠΕΙΦΛSΠΕΤΡΟΥΡΩΜΑΝΟΥ ΟΥΤΟΥΜΕΓΑΛΟΠΡ,Ε ΚΑΙΕΥΔΟΚΙΜΟΤΑΤΟΥΗΜΩΝΑΡΧΟΝΤS ΚΑΙΤΟΥΤΟΤΟΕΡΓΟΝΕΓΕΝΕΤΟS

Ἐπεὶ Φλαουίου Πέτρου Ῥωμανοῦ φιλοχρίστου τοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου καὶ εὐδοκιμοτάτου ἡμῶν ἄρχοντος καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον ἐγένετο Ϛ.

In the time of [Christ-loving] Flavius Petrus Romanus, our most magnificent and glorious governor, also this work was done.

Ἐπεὶ Φλαουίου Πέτρου Ῥωμανοῦ φιλοχρίστου τοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου καὶ εὐδοκιμοτάτου ἡμῶν ἄρχοντος καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον ἐγένετο Ϛ.

The inscription commemorates the building, or rather the rebuilding or restoration of the oval pool next to the hot spring

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