Greek Inscription from Tralles in Caria, Asia Minor
I, Capitolina, worthy and a fearer of God, have made the entire platform and the inlay of the stairs in fulfillment of a vow to myself and my children and my grandchildren. Blessings.
Source: IJO 2.27
Translated by Lee I. Levine.
Credits
Greek Inscription from Tralles in Caria, Asia Minor, trans. Lee I. Levine, in Lee I. Levine, The Ancient Synagogue: The First Thousand Years, 2nd ed. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2005), p. 509. Used with permission of the publisher.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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