Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Golan Heights. Squffiye. Late Roman or Byzantine Period. Tombstone. Epitaph.

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200-640 CE Golan Squffiye32.801667,35.687778

Squffiye, found in a tel of collapsed houses from the late Roman Period.

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ΘΑΡΣ ΣΩΦ ΟΝΙ ΕΤΜ

θάρσει Σωφόνι ἐτῶν μ᾽

Be of good courage, Sophonios! Forty years old.

θάρσει Σωφόνι ἐτῶν μ᾽

This is a complete tombstone inscription. It opens with the standard Greek "Be of good courage," followed by the name and age of the deceased. Dimensions given are for entire stone, not just inscribed area.

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