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ZOOR0005

Negev. Zoora. March 22, 334(?) CE - April 20, 334(?) CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.

Transcription

Μνημῖονμνημῖον ΣιβύληςΣιβύλλης ἈσκληπιάδουςἈσκληπιάδου ἀποθανοῦσα ἐτῶν θʹ ἔτους σκθʹ ἐν μηνὶ Ξανθικῷ ἡμέρᾳ Διός

Translation

Monument of Sibylla, (daughter) of Asclepiades, who died (at the age) of 9 years, in (the) year 229(?), on (the) .. (day) of (the) month Xanthikos(?) on [the day] of Jupiter ? (Thursday).

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Notes
The inscription provides a date of the month of Xanthikos in the year 229 according the Era of the Province of Arabia, or March 22, 334 CE - April 20, 334 CE. The restoration of the year is uncertain. The tombstone is one of about 700 discovered in Byzantine Zoora, and is badly weathered. The majority of the Greek tombstones from this location have been identified as Christian. The inscription contains both orthographic and grammatical errors and is engraved in a round script. The age numeral is marked with a horizontal line above, while the word ἔτους and the year numeral are "crowned by two peculiar horizontal bars with endings in the form of a scroll" (attested once elsewhere in the collection). The letter-cutter provides the third declension genitive Ἀσκληπιάδους although it is actually a first declension name (nominative: Ἀσκληπιάδης) and therefore should read Ἀσκληπιάδου. μη(νί) is abbreviated with a small η above the μ. The author suggests a restoration containing the formula "θάρσει, οὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος" as spanning a final two lines which are not extant. The author indicates that the attestation of the name Σίβυλλα in two epitaphs in Zoora suggests that local presence of Sibyllic tradition. He also notes that the Ἀσκληπιάδης of the inscription was probably a member of the medical profession.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 30 cm; W: 24 cm; D: 6 cm

Date

334 CE to 334 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

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Other sources

  • Meimaris, Yiannis, and Kalliope Kritikakou-Nikolaropoulou. Inscriptions from Palaestina Tertia Vol. Ia: The Greek Inscriptions from Ghor Es-Safi (Byzantine Zoora). Athens, Greece: National Hellenic Research Foundation, 2005.
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