Slab

29-107-961

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-107-961
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Room 1028, base of Byzantine reservoir in S. Temple on Level V
Period Iron Age IB | Iron Age IIA
Date Made 1150-925 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone
Iconography Greek Inscription
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Greek inscription on slab fragment with slightly raised border. Traces of red paint; evidence of erasure.

Rowe: “Nothing is known from other sources about the priests Euboulus, … sos, and Heraclides; but it is hoped that further excavations will provide us with the missing fragments of the monument so that the whole of the text can be read.

[Priests of the] Olympian [Zeus]

[and of the] Savior [Gods].

In the year…..

………………………….of the king.

Euboulos son of Epicrates.

…sos………ou.

Heraclides son of Sarapion.”

Height 29 cm
Width 21.5 cm
Depth 7.5 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number 25-10-123 - Field No SF

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