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Tyrus – Ptolemais

Bibliography IMC number
Phythian-Adams 1924: 94-95 255
372
540

Phythian-Adamas W. J. 1924  “A Roman milestone from  Ez-Zib”  PEQ 57: 94-95.

Paneas – Tyrus

Bibliography IMC number
349
Cagnat 1936      374
642

Cagnat R 1936,’Un nouveau milliarie de Syrie’, Syria 17  99-100.

Inscription 642 mentioned in Maoz U.Z, 1993. ‘Banias’, The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological    Excavations in the Holy Land, Jerusalem: 137.

Paneas – Damascus

Bibliography IMC number
Urman  1985: 133 note 54 485

Urman D. 1985. The Golan- A profile of a region during the Roman and Byzantine periods BAR IS 269: 109-110, 133 n. 54.

Paneas – Eastern Hula Valley

Bibliography IMC number
258
644

Golan Heights – Lawieh ridge

Bibliography IMC number
Hartal and Ben Ephraim 2012 site 86 212
Hartal and Ben Ephraim 2012 site 86 250

Hartal M. and Ben Ephraim Y.  2012  Maleh Gamla Survey map,  Israel Department of Antiquities Website.

http://www.antiquities.org.il/Seker_eng.asp?id=1600

Hippos – southward

Bibliography IMC number
456
460

Capernaum

Bibliography IMC number
Corbo Loffreda 1976 528

Corbo V. and Loffreda S. 1976. Sarcofago e pietra miliare di Cafarno, Liber Annus 26: 272-276.

Ptolemais – Diocaesarea

Bibliography IMC number
Iliffe 1933: 120-121 167
Avi Yonah 1946: 96 168
424
Isaac and Roll 1979 438
439

Avi-Yonah M. 1946. Newly Discovered Latin and Greek Inscriptions. QDAP, 12

Iliffe J.H. 1933. QDAP 2: 120-121.

Isaac B. and Roll I. 1979. Legio II Triana in Judaea. Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und    

Epigraphik 33: 149-156

Scythopolis – Tiberias

Bibliography IMC number
Thomsen 1917 stone 244 28
Thomsen 1917 stone 245 29
Thomsen 1917 stone 246a 30
Thomsen 1917 stone 246b 31
Thomsen 1917 stone 247 33
392
393
Roll 1983: 154 414
434
495
496

Roll I. 1983. ‘The Roman Road System in Judea’, Jerusalem Cathedra 3: 136-161.

Thomsen  P. 1917.  ‘Die romischen Meilensteine der Provinzen Syria, Arabia, und Palastina’. Zeitchrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins 40: 1-103.

Scythopolis – Gadara

Bibliography IMC number
501

Scythopolis – Pella

Bibliography IMC number
Cohen-Tabor 2012 site 86 stone a 631
Cohen-Tabor 2012 site 86 stone d 634
Cohen-Tabor 2012 site 87 stone a 635

Cohen-Tabor A. 2012,  Kefar Rupin Survey Map,  Israel Department of Antiquities Website.  http://www.antiquities.org.il/Seker_eng.asp?id=1608

Diocaesarea – Legio

Bibliography IMC number
 Hecker 1961:178 170
 Hecker 1961:176 171
Avi Yonah 1946: 97 , Hecker 1961:176 172
Avi Yonah 1946: 97, Hecker 1961:180  173
Avi Yonah 1946: 96, Hecker 1961:180  174
Avi Yonah 1946: 96, Hecker 1961:180  175
Hecker 1961:186   176
Hecker 1961:181 178
Hecker 1961:182   179
Hecker 1961:182   180
Hecker 1961:182   186
397
436
439
475

Avi-Yonah M. 1946. Newly Discovered Latin and Greek Inscriptions. QDAP. 12.

Hecker M. 1961. ‘The Roman Road Legio-Sepphoris’, BJPES 25: 175-186 (Hebrew).

Legio – Ptolemais

Bibliography IMC number
421

Scythopolis – Legio

Bibliography IMC number
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 73-74 196
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 70-71 198
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 82     199
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 67-68 200
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 71-72 201
    Isaac and Roll 1982: 68-69  202
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 69-70 203
204
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 77 205
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 78 209
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 80 294
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 80-81 333
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 75 334
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 75-76 337
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 81-82 340
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 79-80 362
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 70 394
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 66 395
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 77 430
   Isaac and Roll 1982: 67 431
516

Isaac B. and Roll I. 1982. Roman Roads in Judea, I. The Legio=Scythopolis Road (BAR IS 141) Oxford.

Scythopolis – Neapolis

Bibliography IMC number
Thomsen 1917 stone 248-1 36
Thomsen 1917 stone 248-2 37
Thomsen 1917 stone 249-1 42
Thomsen 1917 stone 250 48
Thomsen 1917 stone 250-1 49
Thomsen 1917 stone 255a 57
Thomsen 1917 stone 255b 58
Thomsen 1917 stone 255c 59
248

Thomsen  P. 1917.  ‘Die romischen Meilensteine der Provinzen Syria, Arabia, und Palastina’. Zeitchrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins 40: 1-103.

Scythopolis – Jericho

Bibliography IMC number
Zori 1962: 180-181 site 109 61
Roll 1983: 155 213
214
Avi Yonah 1966: 75 308
309
Roll 1983: 154 310
Zori 1962: 182 site 118 312
313
314
315
316
406
Avi Yonah 1966: 76 423
432
433
465

Avi-Yonah M. 1966.  ‘A New Dating of the Roman Road from Scythopolis to Neapolis’, IEJ 16 :75-76.

Roll I. 1983. ‘The Roman Road System in Judea’, Jerusalem Cathedra 3: 136-161.

Zori N. 1962, ‘An archaeological Survey of the Beth-Shean Valley’, in: The Beth Shean Valley the 17th Archaeological Convention, Jerusalem (Hebrew) 135-198.

Caesarea – Ptolemais

Bibliography IMC number
Lehmann and Holum 2000: 110 in. 105 215
Lehmann and Holum 2000: 107 in. 100 216
Lehmann and Holum 2000: 109 in. 103 217
Lehmann and Holum 2000: 109 in. 104 218
Lehmann and Holum 2000: 110 in. 106 219
Lehmann and Holum 2000: 111 in. 107 220
Lehmann and Holum 2000: 107 in. 101 330
331

Lehmann C.M. and Holum K.G. 2000. The Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Caesarea Maritima, Boston.

Caesarea – Legio

Bibliography IMC number
Roll and Ayalon 1986-7: 156 246
525
526

Roll I. and Ayalon E. 1986-7. ‘Highways and Roads in the Sharon during the Roman and Byzantine Periods’, Israel– People and Land 4: 146-162 (Hebrew)

Pictures of inscriptions 525-526 in: Roll I. 2011. ‘Roman Roads to Caesarea Maritima’, in E. Ayalon and A. Izdarechet (eds.) Caesarea Treasures Volume I,

Jerusalem: 247 fig. 13

Caesarea – Antipatris

Bibliography IMC number
Dar and Applebaum 1973: 93 261

Dar S. and Applebaum S. 1973. The Roman Road from Antipatris to Caesarea. PEQ 105: 91-99.

Antipatris – Diospolis

Bibliography            IMC number
Roll 2000: 43 10
Roll 2000: 44 11
Roll 2000: 44 256

Roll I. 2000. Roman Milestones in the Vicinity of Aphek-Antipatris in: M. Kochavi (ed) Aphek-Antipatris I Tel Aviv: 39-41.

Antipatris – Gophna

Bibliography IMC number
Roll 2000: 41 435

Roll I. 2000. Roman Milestones in the Vicinity of Aphek-Antipatris in: M. Kochavi (ed) Aphek-Antipatris I Tel Aviv: 39-41.

Diospolis – Neapolis

Roll I. and Ayalon E. 1986. Roman Roads in Western Samaria. PEQ 118: 119-120.

Jerusalem – Diospolis

Bibliography IMC number
Fischer, Isaac and  Roll 1996: 294 78
Fischer, Isaac and  Roll 1996: 294 81
Fischer, Isaac and  Roll 1996: 294 307

Fischer M., Isaac B. and  Roll I. 1996., Roman Roads in Judea II – The Jaffa Jerusalem Roads, BAR International Series 628.

Nicopolis – Beit Horon

Bibliography IMC number
Fischer, Isaac and  Roll 1996: 295 531
Fischer, Isaac and  Roll 1996: 295 532

Fischer M., Isaac B. and  Roll I. 1996., Roman Roads in Judea II – The Jaffa Jerusalem Roads, BAR International Series 628.

Jerusalem – Gophna – Jericho

Bibliography IMC number
Thomsen 1917 stone 264 70
Thomsen 1917 stone 266 72

Thomsen  P. 1917.  ‘Die romischen Meilensteine der Provinzen Syria, Arabia, und Palastina’. Zeitchrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins 40: 1-103.

Neapolis – Jerusalem

Bibliography IMC number
Thomsen 1917 stone 259 64
Thomsen 1917 stone 260 65

Thomsen  P. 1917.  ‘Die romischen Meilensteine der Provinzen Syria, Arabia, und Palastina’. Zeitchrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins 40: 1-103.

Jerusalem – Gophna

Bibliography IMC number
Thomsen 1917 stone 261 66
Thomsen 1917 stone 263 68
Thomsen 1917 stone 267 73
Macalister 1909: 261 267

Thomsen  P. 1917.  ‘Die romischen Meilensteine der Provinzen Syria, Arabia, und Palastina’. Zeitchrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins 40: 1-103.

Macalister R.A.F. 1909. PEFQS: 261-262.

Jerusalem – Eleutheropolis

Bibliography IMC number
Alt 1927:10 4
Thomsen 1917 stone 282 97
Thomsen 1917 stone 288 103
Thomsen 1917 stone 289 104
Thomsen 1917 stone 305 150
Landau 1964: 233 234
Landau 1964: 234-235 235
Alt 1929 376
425
411
606

Alt A. 1927. ‘Romerstrase Jerusalem – Eleutheropolis’, PJB  23: 9-12.

Alt A. 1929. ‘Ein neues Meilensteinbruchstuk von der Strase Jerusalem – Eleutheropolis’, PJB  25: 124-126.

Landau Y. 1964. ‘Milestones near Givat Yishayahu’, BJPES 28: 232-235.

Thomsen  P. 1917.  ‘Die romischen Meilensteine der Provinzen Syria, Arabia, und Palastina’. Zeitchrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins 40: 1-103.

Jerusalem – Hebron

Bibliography IMC number
Thomsen 1917 stone 295 129
Thomsen 1917 stone 296 130
Thomsen 1917 stone 297a 131
Thomsen 1917 stone 297b2 132
Thomsen 1917 stone 300 145
Thomsen 1917 stone 303 148
Thomsen 1917 stone 304 149

Thomsen  P. 1917.  ‘Die romischen Meilensteine der Provinzen Syria, Arabia, und Palastina’. Zeitchrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins 40: 1-103.

Jerusalem

Bibliography IMC number
Gichon and Isaac 1974 1
Reich and Billig  2003 2

Reich R. and Billig Y. 2003. ‘Another Flavian Inscription near the Temple Mount of Jerusalem’. ‘Atiqot 44:243–247.

Eleutheropolis – Hebron

Bibliography IMC number
Thomsen 1917 stone 291 112
382
Thomsen 1917 stone  306-1 151
410
412

Eleutheropolis – Ashqelon

Bibliography IMC number
Thomsen 1917 stone 276-1 83
257
Thomsen 1917 stone 276-1 413

Eleutheropolis – Diospolis

Bibliography IMC number
422

Iamnia

Bibliography IMC number
Landau 1971: 389 265

Landau Y. H.  ‘Unpublished inscriptions from Israel’, Acta of the Fifth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Cambridge 1971: 389.

Ashqelon

Bibliography IMC number
Roll 2013 538

Roll I. 2013. ‘A Roman Milestone from the “Third Mile Estate”, Ashqelon’, ATIQOT 74: 223- 228.

Incense route (north of Oboda)

Bibliography IMC number
285
572

Preliminary data on the inscriptions  – Meshel, Z. and Tsafrir, Y. 1975.  The Nabataean road from ‘Avdat to Sha’ar-Ramon. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 107: 3 note 1.

Yahel (southern Wadi Arabah)

Bibliography IMC number
Roll and Avner 2008: 270 542
Roll and Avner 2008: 270 543
Roll and Avner 2008: 270 545
Roll and Avner 2008: 270-271 546
Roll and Avner 2008: 271 549
Roll and Avner 2008: 272 550
Roll and Avner 2008: 272 551
Roll and Avner 2008: 272-273 552
Roll and Avner 2008: 273 555
Roll and Avner 2008: 273 557

Roll, I and Avner, U. 2008. Tetrarchic Milestones found near Yahel in the Southern Aravah. Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 165,  267-286.

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