Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Golan Heights. Rafid, Byzantine Period. Lintel. Invocation.

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cross middle of text Byzantine Period Golan Rafid33.001389,35.644722

Discovered in secondary use in the western part of the village, in a cluster of ancient buildings that survive in entirety. Documented by Urman's team in 1970.

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ΕΙΣΘΣ + ΚΥΡΙΣΕΡΗ

εἵς θεός Κυρι Σερη

[There is] one God. Kuri(?) Sere(?)

εἵς θεός Κυρι Σερη

The opening "[There is] one God..." (usually followed by "who helps") is a Christian formula common throughout the region and era. The attested names most resembling those here are Σερηυ and Κουρι, Κύρις, Κύρες, and Κύρος. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

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