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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 Creation Adding geo element with lat long coordinates to settlement adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.

ΘΑΡΣΙ ΚΥΡΕΣ ΡΗΛ ΘΟ

θάρσι Κύρες Ρηλ θο

Be of good courage, Kures...

θάρσι Κύρες Ρηλ θο

This incomplete epitaph has the standard Greek opening "be of good courage." We would expect the name and age of the deceased to follow (but it does not here). The name Κύρες may correspond to Κύρις or Κύριος, but the name on this tombstone appears to be longer and the full name or names are not indentifiable. Dimensions refer to entire remainder of stone.

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