Slab
29-107-961
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| 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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