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JAFF0071

Jaffa, 4th-6th century CE. Tombstone. Funerary.

Transcription

Τόπος τὸν ἠγόρασαἐγὼ Νόννος

Translation

This is the burial place [that] I, Nonnos, bought.

Diplomatic

ΤΟΠΟϹΤΟΝΗΓΟΡΑϹΑΕΓΩΝΟΝΝΟϹ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Line 1: Verb has legal connotation as in Jaff 0027. Line 2: the name appears also in Jaff 0008. The original translation read: "whom I, Nonnos, bought": the correction to "that" is ours.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 22 cm; W: 47.5 cm; D: 4 cm

Date

301 CE to 600 CE

Current location

Jaffa Museum, IAA no. 95-137.

Figures

  • Palm branch end of line 2

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Prandi, Luisa. “Una Nuova Ipotesi Sull’iscrizione Di Ponzio Pilato.” Civiltà Classica e Cristiana 2 (1981): 25–35.
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Source of transcription

  • Veronese, Anna. “The Inscriptions of the Jaffa Necropolis.” M.A. Thesis, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2009. (IIP-593).
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Source of translation

  • Veronese, Anna. “The Inscriptions of the Jaffa Necropolis.” M.A. Thesis, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2009. (IIP-593).
    Zotero
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