Notes on a Roman milestone from Gadora (al-Salt) in the Jordan Valley

Abstract

An inscribed late second century AD milestone has been recently re-erected on the edge of the Jordan Valley road near Tell Deir ‘Alla. It provides new evidence for a road from al-Salt down to the better-known Roman route running down the Valley, probably in the modern fields to the west of the present road. In addition, Roman epigraphic references to Salt using its Hellenistic name, Gadora or Gedora, are rare if non-existent.