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The Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine project seeks to collect and make accessible over the Web all of the previously published inscriptions (and their English translations) of Israel/Palestine from the Persian period through the Islamic conquest (ca. 500 BCE - 640 CE). There are about 15,000 of these inscriptions, written primarily in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin, by Jews, Christians, Greeks, and Romans. They range from imperial declarations on monumental architecture to notices of donations in synagogues to humble names scratched on ossuaries, and include everything in between.

As of March, 2016 there are approximately 2,500 inscriptions in the database, with more added regularly. All are encoded using the Epidoc guidelines. The inscriptions can be accessed via the "Search" Button on the left.

Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine is an ongoing project at Brown University. It has been generously supported by the Center of Digital Scholarship and the Goldhirsh-Yellin Foundation. We welcome your feedback.

Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine by Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

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