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Negev. Zoora. August 19, 345 CE - September 17, 345 CE. Sandstone tombstone, engraved and painted. Epitaph.

Transcription

+ Μνημῖονμνημεῖον Ὀλεφου Βουέσθα ἀποθανόντα ἐν ἔτιἔτει σμʹ μηνὶ ΓορπιέουΓοργιαιῳ

Translation

Monument of Olefos (son) of Bouestha, who died in the year 240, on (the) ... (day) of (the) month Gorpiaios.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The inscription provides a date of the month of Gorpiaios in the year 240 according the Era of the Province of Arabia, or August 19, 345 CE - September 17, 345 CE. The tombstone is one of about 700 discovered in Byzantine Zoora. The majority of the Greek tombstones from this location have been identified as Christian. Though a cross is clearly engraved above the body of the text, the right hand section of the stone is badly weathered. The inscription has both orthographic and grammatical errors, and is engraved in a round script. The text is engraved and painted red. That author notes that the absence of a recorded age of death is a rare phenomenon in the extant Ghor es-Safi tombstones.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 46 cm; W: 32.5 cm; D: 07 cm

Date

345 CE to 345 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

  • Cross above the text

Bibliography

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

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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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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ZOOR0006, 7 February 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89