Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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JERU0649

Jerusalem, 592 CE. Slab. Epitaph.
Transcription

Ἐνθάδε κεῖται ἡ μονάχουσα Θεοδωσία μεταπρέψασα σῶμα φαινόμενον τῇ προσενε γκαμένη τὸν βίον τῷ σταυρωθέντι Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν ἀνῆλθεν δὲ εἰς οὐρανόν μένη μοναχοῖς ΙΚΟΝ ἄνθους ΥΣΚΗ μηνὸς Σεπτεμβρίου ιδʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιαʹ βασιλείας Μαυρικίου φιλοχρίστου ἔτους ιαʹ.

Translation

[? Here lies the] nun Theodosia ... having been distinguished ... visible(?) body, having dedicated(?)[her life(?)] to Christ our God who was crucified ... went to heaven ... to monks. ... On the 14th of the month of September, indiction 11, in the 11th year of the reign of Christ-loving [Mauricius].

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 60 cm; W: 45 cm; D: —

Date

592 CE to 592 CE

Current location

In Thomsen’s time in the collection of the Russian archimandrite.

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Germer-Durand, J. “Épigraphie Chrétienne De Jérusalem.” Revue Biblique (1892-1940) 1, no. 4 (1892): 560–88. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44101169.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Germer-Durand, J. “Épigraphie Chrétienne De Jérusalem.” Revue Biblique (1892-1940) 1, no. 4 (1892): 560–88. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44101169.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Germer-Durand, J. “Épigraphie Chrétienne De Jérusalem.” Revue Biblique (1892-1940) 1, no. 4 (1892): 560–88. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44101169.
    Zotero
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