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CAES0151

Caesarea. Date unknown. Gable-shaped cover for a limestone sarcophagus.
Transcription

Μνημῖον Ζωσίμου καὶ Γαιάνου ἀδελφῶν.

Translation

The memorial of the brothers Zosimos and Gaianos.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Gable-shaped cover for a limestone sarcophagus. Dimensions given are for inscribed area only; the entire cover is 2.06 in length, ca. 0.80 wide, and 0.43 deep. The three-line epitaph is toward the right of one side, starting about 40 mm below the ridge of the lid. The lid has undecorated acroteria at each corner and in the center of the inscribed side. Someone tried to saw the lid in half, and left a cut ca. 0.60 deep, mostly on the inscribed side.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 19 cm; W: 48 cm; D: —

Date

0 CE to 0 CE

Current location

In the garden behind the Rockefeller Museum

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

Other sources

  • Lehmann, Clayton Miles, and Kenneth G. Holum. “The Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Caesarea Maritima.” In Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima Excavation Reports, Vol. 5. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000. page plate C, no. 151.
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  • Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Vol. 19, 1963. page 909.
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  • Lifshitz, B. “Inscriptions Grecques de Césarée Au Palestine (Caesarea Palaestinae).” Revue Biblique 68, no. 1 (1961): 115–26. page 115, no. 1.
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