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Multi-periodSite Name: 2000 year old stone fragment in Jerusalem
Country: Israel
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Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Jerusalem
Latitude: 31.784450N  Longitude: 35.235855E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
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2000 year old stone fragment  in Jerusalem
2000 year old stone fragment in Jerusalem submitted by motist : A 2,000 year old stone fragment bearing an official Latin inscription dedicated Photo Credit: Yoli Schwartz, courtesy IAA (Vote or comment on this photo)
Marker Stone in Israel

A rare find of tremendous historical significance has been discovered in Jerusalem: a fragment of a stone engraved with an official Latin inscription dedicated to the Roman Emperor Hadrian. By: Hana Levi Julian

Researchers say this is among the most important Latin inscriptions ever discovered in Jerusalem.

The fate of Jerusalem following the destruction of the Second Temple (70 CE) and prior to the Bar Kokhba revolt (132-136 CE) is one of the major issues in the history of the city and in terms of the Jewish people’s connection to it.

In the past year, the Israel Antiquities Authority has carried out salvage excavations in several areas north of the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem. It was in one of those areas that the stone fragment bearing an official Latin inscription from the Roman period was discovered.

see more: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/rare-2000-yr-old-inscription-dedicated-to-emperor-hadrian-found-in-jerusalem/2014/10/21/

In the past year, the Israel Antiquities Authority has carried out salvage excavations in several areas north of the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem. It was in one of those areas that the stone fragment bearing an official Latin inscription from the Roman period was discovered. According to IAA excavation directors Dr. Rina Avner and Roie Greenwald, “We found the inscription incorporated in secondary use around the opening of a deep cistern. “In antiquity, as today, it was customary to recycle building materials and the official inscription was evidently removed from its original location and integrated in a floor for the practical purpose of building the cistern. Furthermore, in order to fit it with the capstone, the bottom part of the inscription was sawed round.” Upon finding the inscription it was immediately clear to the excavators that they had uncovered an especially significant discovery, as indicated by the size and clarity of the letters. The inscription, consisting of six lines of Latin text engraved on hard limestone, was read and translated by Avner Ecker and Hannah Cotton of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The English translation of the inscription is as follows: (1st hand)To the Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, son of the deified Traianus Parthicus, grandson of the deified Nerva, high priest, invested with tribunician power for the 14th time, consul for the third time, father of the country (dedicated by) the 10th legion Fretensis (2nd hand) Antoniniana.

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2000 year old stone fragment in Jerusalem submitted by motist : A 2,000 year old stone fragment bearing an official Latin inscription dedicated Photo Credit: Yoli Schwartz, courtesy IAA (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: A 2,000 year old stone fragment bearing an official Latin inscription dedicated by motist on Tuesday, 21 October 2014
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