Greek Inscription from Panticapaeum

1st Century

. . . I, [unnamed woman], release in the prayer hall [proseuchē] Elpias, my home-bred slave, so that he will be undisturbed and inviolable by all my heirs, except that he show devotion towards the prayer hall [proseuchē] under the guardianship of the congregation [synagōgē] of the Jews, and reveres God.

Source: IJO 1.BS7 /…

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