Temple of Pan Niche

Temple of Pan Niche

View of the small niche that is located just above the large cave niche of the Temple of Pan. 

The Greek inscription is carved into a “tabula ansata” and has been translated as “The priest Victor, son of Lysimachos, dedicated this goddess to the god Pan, lover of Echo.”

Translation from Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome.  The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700.  Fifth edition, revised and expanded.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 174 Click Here to view for purchase.

For a general view of the larger cave and this upper niche and its inscription Click Here .