Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Zoora, 4th-5th century CE. Slab. Other (board game).

Yellow and purple sandstone, rectangular in shape, slightly curved at the corners, except for the upper right one which is broken

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Broken in the upper right corner

The inscription starts vertically from the lower left margin of the board and continues horizontally in the upper margin, while its last line is incised in a horizontal band inserted below the band with the sockets

Mixed round and square script. The letters' size varies according to the space available for writing. The execution of the inscription, as well as of the game, is of unprofessional quality

 Βoard game consisting of a central horizontal band containing twelve round sockets, and two horizontal compartments, each including twelve vertical bars. It occupies the whole surface of the slab Chi-like symbols, intersected by a vertical line At the centre of both the horizontal band and the two compartments, dividing the board into two equal parts, each one composed of a double row of six lines and six sockets 4th-5th century CE Negev Zoora An Naq Cemetery

Found in the northwest corner of the Bronze Age, Byzantine and Islamic cemetery in the An Naq neighborhood south of the Wadi al-Hasa, probably in secondary use in later graves.

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Κύριε, τῷὁ γράψαντιγράψας δὸς χάρησμα βόλια II

Lord, grant the personwho wrote (this)two throws of the dice.

Κύριε, τῷὁ γράψαντιγράψας δὸς χάρησμα βόλια II

Two vertical lines at end of line three may stand for the Latin number II. The entire slab may have served as a race game, with players aiming at a finish line according to the outcome of the dice.

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