| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | I 257 | |
| Title: | MARBLE HEBREW INSCRIPTION | |
| Category Code: | I | |
| Object Number: | 257 | |
| Description: | Thick slab. | |
| Decoration: | Translation of text (from Starr): E 1. I do weep L 2. For the good youth whom the Good One has taken Ia 3. My gold is become dim, my beloved one has been cut off My son (my son) Eliaqim Q 4. His cedar-like statue has become as naught and he has been mourned in the market places I 5. His days were but few, his years so youthful. Praise him O righteous men. M 6. He who comforts Eliaqim, the son of Eliaqim 7. Here lies Eliaqim, surnamed Caleb 8. The dyer who was cut off in the year twenty-four | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Hebrew inscription L. H. 0.005 on one face, 9 lines preserved, menorha at bottom. | |
| Material: | Marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment, broken all sides, preserving back. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.23; W. 0.29; Th. 0.06 | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Between 886-1147 AD (Starr, Jews in the Byz Empire, 1939). Jacoby (BZ 84/85, 1991/1992) disputes it. A. Λαμπροπούλου 1995. Α. Λαμπροπούλου-Κ. Τσικνάκης 2008. | |
| Findspot Description: | NW of Shop XVI on Lechaion Road, May 27, 1902 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: bw 1962 049 11 Image: bw 1962 049 12 Notebook Page: NB 15, spread 23 (p. 39) Notebook Page: NB 16, spread 47 (p. 86) |
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