[B-Greek] Abraham's Epitaph
Bryant J. Williams III
bjwvmw at com-pair.net
Thu Nov 5 16:45:18 EST 2009
Dear Daniel,
It appears that the inscription did not come through as clearly as you wanted
because of the text wrapping. Please give us the link to the photograph of the
inscription. Also I have given a "tentative division." Some of the words are
clear, like DOULON, KAI and ANASTASIAN. Some of the other words are a little
tricky until I have more time to look at it.
AGIE ABRAAM ABW HQITON DOULON SOU NIL ONTON D MARMARARHN KAI AGAQE MERON
KAI UGIAN KAI WMABIS KAI QWMASIAN KAI ABLALA KAI ANASTASIAN
En Xristwi,
Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Buck" <bucksburg at yahoo.com>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 8:38 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Abraham's Epitaph
Dear List,
I'm trying to get a translation of the inscription roughly located above the
Tomb of Abraham at the Ibrahami Mosque in Hebron. It appears to be non-standard
Greek, so this could take some discussion.
Here is a line-by-line transcription from a photograph:
AGIEABRAAMABWHQITONDOU
LONSOUNILONTONDMARMA
RARHNKAIAGAQEMERON
KAIUGIANKAIWMABISKAIQW
MASIANKAIABLALAKAIANA
STASIAN
Daniel Buck
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