Pantikapaion (Bosporan region, Danube and Black Sea areas — Pleiades map), I-II CE
IBosp 71
= IJO II BS7
= H. Bellen, "Συναγωγή τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ θεοσεβῶν. Die Aussage einer Bosporanischen Freilassungsinschrift (IBosp 71) zum Problem der Gottesfürchtigen," Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum 8/9 (1966-65) 172-73
= PHI 182786
= AGRW ID# 8010
(first line largely illegible). . . set free my house-bred slave, Elpis (a feminine name; or: Elpias, a masculine name), in the prayer-house (proseuchē), so that she (or: he) is to be undisturbed and not subject to control by any heir, apart from attendance (or: service) at the prayer-house (proseuchē) and revering God, with the synagogue (synagōgē) of the Judeans being designated joint guardian
Or:
(first line largely illegible). . . set free my house-bred slave, Elpis, in the prayer-house, so that she is to be undisturbed and not subject to control by any heir, apart from attendance at the prayer-house, with the synagogue of the Judeans and god-fearers being designated joint guardians.
Translation by: HarlandItem added: December 14, 2012
Item modified: November 10, 2015
ID number: 8010
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