Images
Location
SURM0002
Surman, 5th-6th century CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.
Transcription τέθνηκας ὡς καὶ πάντες, οὐδὶς
γὰρ ἀθάνατος. θάρσει Φωσφόρε
ἐτῶν
κγʹ |
Translation You have died, even as all must, for no one is immortal. Be of good courage,
Phosphorus. Twenty-three years old. |
Diplomatic ΤΕΘΝΗ ΚΑΣΩΣ ΚΑΙΠΑΝ ΤΕΣΟΥΔΙΣ ΦΑΡΑΘΑΝΑ ΤΟΣΘΑΡΣΕΙ
ΦΩΣΦΟΡΕ ΕΤ ΚΓ |
- Terminus post quem:
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Languages
Greek
Dimensions
H: 86 cm; W: 38 cm; D: 15 cm
Date
400 CE to 599 CE
Current location
No provenance provided.
Figures
12 curls in between 2 arcs connected on the ends top of front face, above writing
Bibliography
Source of diplomatic
- ZoteroGregg, Robert C., and Dan Urman. Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Golan Heights: Greek and Other Inscriptions of the Roman and Byzantine Eras. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 140. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996.
Source of transcription
- ZoteroGregg, Robert C., and Dan Urman. Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Golan Heights: Greek and Other Inscriptions of the Roman and Byzantine Eras. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 140. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996.
Source of translation
- ZoteroGregg, Robert C., and Dan Urman. Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Golan Heights: Greek and Other Inscriptions of the Roman and Byzantine Eras. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 140. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996.
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