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ZOOR0008

Negev. Zoora. March 22, 346 CE to March 21, 347 CE. Sandstone tombstone, engraved and painted. Epitaph.

Transcription

Μνημῖονμνημεῖον ΤροείλλαΤρωΐλα Αὐξιβίου ἀποθανούσης ἐτῶν λεʹ ἔτους σμαʹ

Translation

Monument of Troila, (daughter) of Auxibios, who died (at the age) of 35 years, in (the) year 241.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
The tombstone is chipped and broken at the bottom, though the text is still clearly legible. Many of the letters show remnants of red paint within the engraving. The text includes both an orthographic and a grammatical error, and is recorded in a script which is square apart aside from its round and rhomboid omicrons. The text is engraved and painted red. The author notes that the name Τροείλλα is a solecism (mistake/misspelling) of Τρωΐλα, which itself is the feminine form of the name Τρωΐλος, a hypocoristicon (nickname) for Τρῷος. The inscription provides the year 241 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, or March 22, 346 CE to March 21, 347 CE, as a date. The tombstone is one of about 700 discovered in Byzantine Zoora. Of these 700, the majority of the Greek inscriptions have been identified as Christian. The age numeral in line 6 is marked by a horizontal bar above the numeral. The year numeral in line 7 is similarly marked. The author suggests that the deceased in Zoor0008 and Zoor0009 were probably sisters based on the language, ages, dates in the inscriptions as well as the fact that both women share the patronymic, Ἀυξιβίος, a name scarcely attested in the region.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 57 cm; W: 30 cm; D: 09 cm

Date

346 CE to 347 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

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Bibliography

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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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