Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Golan Heights. Rafid. Byzantine Period. Tombstone. Epitaph.

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338-640 CE Golan Rafid33.001389,35.644722

Discovered in the western part of the village, in a cluster of ancient buildings that survive in entirety.

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θάρσι Ἀλαφθα ἐτῶν ε´ξ´

Be of good courage, Alaphtha! Sixty-five years old.

θάρσι Ἀλαφθα ἐτῶν ε´ξ´

This epitaph has the standard Greek opening "be of good courage" followed by the name and age of the deceased. The name Αλαφθα appears to be a variant of the more familiar Αλαφος or Khalaf. The last letter of line 4 is not full; if it is not intended to indicate part of the age, then the age is 60 and not 65. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

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