 IAA Number: 2015-541
 | Object's Name: Slab Inscribed
Period: Ayyubid
Material: Limestone
Site: Panias, H.
Wide: 95 cm
Height: 67 cm
Description: An inscription which deals with the construction of a tower in the
city of Banias. The inscription which appears on an oblong limestone
slab, was first discovered by Brunnow at the end of the 19th century
and rediscovered by Tzaferis in 1990. The inscription comprises three
parts. The main part was engraved in a sunken frame of a Tabula
Ansata
(a tablet with dovetail handles). Two additional sections of the
inscription were engraved on the margins with seven words on the
right and five words on the left . The inscription relates to the
building of a tower by Abu Sai'd Izz ad---Din Iyaz Jaharkas in the
year 601AH/1204-1205CE. The tower was not found in situ since
al-Mu'azzam I'sa, the sultan of the kingdom of Damascus ordered the
demolition of Banias as part of his policy to destroy all the major
fortifications that could be turned into Crusader strongholsd. .
Bibliography: Sharon, M. 2008. In: Vassilios Tzaferis and Shoshana Israeli. Paneas. Vol. II. Small Finds and other studies. IAAR 38: 5-6, Fig. 1 .3.
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