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KARK0001

Karak, October/November 661 CE. Tombstone. Funerary.


Transcription + Ἐνθάδε κῖτε Ἔσδου Γεωργίου, ἀναγνόστου, ζήσας ἔτη ζ᾿, τελευτήσας ἐν μηνὶ Δίῳ τοῦ ἔτους φνς᾿
Translation Here lies Esdou, son of the lector Georgios, who lived 7 years and died in the month Dios, in the year 556.
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

+ Ἐνθάδε κῖτε Ἔσδου Γεωργίου, ἀναγνόστου, ζήσας ἔτη ζ᾿, τελευτήσας ἐν μηνὶ Δίῳ τοῦ ἔτους φνς᾿

Translation

Here lies Esdou, son of the lector Georgios, who lived 7 years and died in the month Dios, in the year 556.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 661 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 661 CE

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 30 cm; W: 56 cm; D: 16 cm

Date

661 CE to 661 CE

Current location

Jordan Museum, inv. K 239

Figures

Crosses upper part of monument and below text
Mouldings upper part of monument and below text
Ripples upper part of monument and below text

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

Sartre, Maurice, Pierre-Louis Gatier, Nabil Bader, Julien Aliquot, and Jean-Baptiste yon. “Greek Inscriptions in the Jordan Museum.” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 58 (2017): 341–50. https://www.academia.edu/82196116/Greek_inscriptions_in_the_Jordan_Museum.

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Source of transcription

Sartre, Maurice, Pierre-Louis Gatier, Nabil Bader, Julien Aliquot, and Jean-Baptiste yon. “Greek Inscriptions in the Jordan Museum.” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 58 (2017): 341–50. https://www.academia.edu/82196116/Greek_inscriptions_in_the_Jordan_Museum.

Zotero

Source of translation

Sartre, Maurice, Pierre-Louis Gatier, Nabil Bader, Julien Aliquot, and Jean-Baptiste yon. “Greek Inscriptions in the Jordan Museum.” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 58 (2017): 341–50. https://www.academia.edu/82196116/Greek_inscriptions_in_the_Jordan_Museum.

Zotero

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