Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae
Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae is a series of books documenting almost all the ancient inscriptions from the fourth century BC to the seventh century CE discovered on the territory of ancient Judaea/Syria Palaestina and studied primarily by Israeli scientists. Excluded are areas in modern Syria and Jordan covered by two similar dedicated publications. The early Arabic inscriptions which postdate the Muslim conquest are also not included and make the subject of "Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae". CIIP is thus "a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad", as indicated by the subtitle.
Languages
Inscriptions are in several different languages and dialects, including ancient Greek and Latin used as 'sovereign languages'; the local Semitic languages: Hebrew, Phoenician, various Aramaic dialects, and Old Arabic languages ; and ending with Armenian and Georgian.Index
The corpus is planned to consist of ten "volumes" and document inscriptions from following regions and topics :- Vol. I: Jerusalem - with surroundings, 2010 & 2012
- Vol. II: Caesarea and the Middle Coast - central coastal plain, 2010
- Vol. III: South Coast - Jaffa and the southern coastal plain, 2010
- Vol. IV: Iudaea/Idumaea - without Jerusalem
- Vol. V: Galilaea and Northern Regions - including the southern coastal plain with Acre, 2023
- the Golan Heights
- Samaria
- the Negev
- milestones