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Zoora, March 22, 355 CE - March 21, 356 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).

Transcription

ΜνημῖονΜνημεῖον Σίλθας Ζηνόβις ἀποθανόνταςἀποθανόντος ἐτῶν ηʹ + ἔτους σνʹ

Translation

Monument of Siltha, (daughter) of Zenobi(o)s, who died (at the age) of 8 years, in (the) year 250.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
The inscription provides the date as the year 250 according to Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, between March 22, 354 CE and March 21, 355 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. The inscription contains both grammatical and spelling errors and is recorded in an oval script with well-cut letters which are engraved and painted red. The tombstone is in fair shape, though is in two parts due to a fracture in its top right corner. The author notes that line 8 contains an example of haplography, with the letter-cutter using the sigma of ἔτους to also stand for the sigma in the year numeral. For similar instances of haplography, see inscriptions Zoor0014 and Zoor0035. The name Σίλθα is recorded 8 times at Ghor es-Safi. A cross is engraved on the seventh line after the age numeral.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 45 cm; W: 27 cm; D: 9 cm

Date

355 CE to 356 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

  • Cross end of seventh line

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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