701251 Hefzibah inscription, transcript of correspondence in Greek between Antiochus III (223??87 BCE) and Ptolemy son of Thraseas, Beth Shean Valley, 201-195 BC (limestone) by Seleucid; 77x47 cm; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; (add.info.: Throughout the Seleucid Empire, correspondence between the king and his subordinates was publicized on stone monuments like this one, which were set up in public places. This monument is inscribed with an exchange of five letters. Ptolemy son of Thraseas, governor and high priest of Syria-Phoinik?, asks King Antiochus III to forbid his soldiers from forcibly taking quarter in local homes and pressing the population into service. The king responds by ordering his subordinates to restrain and punish all offenders. ); 穢 Israel Museum, Jerusalem ; The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir ; out of copyright.