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Wadi Haggag, First-fourth centuries CE. Road Inscriptions. Graffiti.

Transcription

+ Ἱώβ Κοπροσεου + καί εὐφυμεῖς

Translation

Iob son of Koproses

Diplomatic

+ΙΩΒ ΚΟΠΡΟΣΕΟΥ+Κ ΕΥΦΥΜΙΣ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The biblical name Ἱώβ is attested in Egypt in the 6th-7th centuries. Κοπροσευ possibly derives from the Egyptian Κοπρεύς, Κοπρῆς, etc. εύφυμ(ε)ῖς must have signified Εὐφημεῖα

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

1 BCE to 638 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • outline of 'tabula ansata' around text

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Negev, Avraham. “The Inscriptions of Wadi Haggag, Sinai.” In Qedem, No. 6: Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1977.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Negev, Avraham. “The Inscriptions of Wadi Haggag, Sinai.” In Qedem, No. 6: Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1977.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Negev, Avraham. “The Inscriptions of Wadi Haggag, Sinai.” In Qedem, No. 6: Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1977.
    Zotero
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