Photo by: Institute for Galilean Archeology
1 posted on
07/22/2011 3:31:37 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Cool. Thanks for posting.
2 posted on
07/22/2011 3:33:24 PM PDT by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: SunkenCiv
Interesting. Notice how the maker clipped of some material along the top to give it an angular character.
That's like the Spanish boundary stones. (I'm busy looking up earlier Roman stones ~ their later ones are dedicated to the god Terminus and are quite finished ~ many with carved heads on them).
This particular stone (even though we can't see the whole thing since the writer was more concerned with the word on it than the shape) appears to be a boundary marker.
6 posted on
07/22/2011 3:47:59 PM PDT by
muawiyah
To: SunkenCiv
7 posted on
07/22/2011 3:47:59 PM PDT by
knarf
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To: SunkenCiv
Wow this is realy cool. It is just so interesting when something like this is found that links history together.
8 posted on
07/22/2011 3:58:39 PM PDT by
Captain Beyond
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9 posted on
07/22/2011 4:02:25 PM PDT by
NYer
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To: SunkenCiv
There's another article about the stone
here, with pictures, which explains the origin and significance of Shabbat boundary stones.
To: SunkenCiv
Nowadays they use power lines to designate the borders of an eruv. There’s one right around the corner from where I used to go to school. Makes it easier to get around and carry stuff during the Sabbath.
11 posted on
07/22/2011 4:11:37 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
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To: SunkenCiv
Yep, Shabbat is clear. Great find!
16 posted on
07/22/2011 9:15:07 PM PDT by
WVNan
To: SunkenCiv
News of the inscription, discovered by chance Sunday by a visitor strolling the community grounds, quickly reached Mordechai Aviam, head of the Institute for Galilean Archeology at Kinneret College.Good grief. No one had ever noticed it before?
17 posted on
07/23/2011 3:28:11 PM PDT by
SuziQ
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