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Shivta, 23 February 612 CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.
Transcription + Ἐνθάδε κατακεῖται ὁ μακάριος Ἀβραάμιος υἱὸς
Ἰωάννου τοῦ βικαρίου διατρίψας ἐν τῷδε τῷ βίῳ πέντε καὶ δύο ἔτη καὶ
εἰς τοὺς ἀναφραστοὺς βίου μετέστη τῇ
μηνὶ Δύστρου θ᾿
ἰνδικτιῶνος
ιε᾿
+ ἔτους Φϛ |
Translation Here is laying blessed Abraamius son of John the vicar, who has spent in this
life five and two years, and he departed from life to the ineffable ones on the
ninth of the month of Dystrus, in the 15th indiction-year, in the year 506. |
Diplomatic [no diplomatic] |
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Greek
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Date
612 CE to 612 CE
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Bibliography
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Source of transcription
- ZoteroNegev, Avraham. The Greek Inscriptions from the Negev. Studium Biblicum Franciscanarum: Collectio Minor 25. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1981.
Source of translation
- ZoteroNegev, Avraham. The Greek Inscriptions from the Negev. Studium Biblicum Franciscanarum: Collectio Minor 25. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1981.
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