Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 rafi0007 Rafi 0007

Golan Heights. Rafid, 338 CE - 640 CE. Lintel. Invocation.

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cross upper left corner of stone 338 CE - 640 CE 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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+ΧΡΙΣΤϛ ΒΩΗΘΙ ΠΕΟΣΩΔΡΟΥ ΙΩΣΕΦΙΩΒΙΣΣΕΡ

+ Χριστϛὸς βοήθι Πεοσωδρου Ἰωσέφ καὶ Ἰωβις Σερ

Christ help Pe..osodrus(?)...Joseph and(?) Jobis Ser...

Χριστϛὸς βοήθι Πε οσωδρου Ἰωσέφ καὶ Ἰωβις Σερ

A border frames the inscription on this stone, very likely a door lintel. The opening "Χριστὸς βοήθι" is a familiar petitioning formula; the raised S sign indicates an abbreviation. The name Ἰόβις is attested, and may derive from the Semitic איב (Job) or the Septuagint's Ἰωβ rather than Jovius or Jove. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

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