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ZOOR0014

Negev. Zoora. June 25, 355 CE. Sandstone tombstone. Epitaph.

Transcription

+ ΜνημῖονΜνημεῖον Ἀλκάνις Ἀσλόμου ἀποθανόντος ἐτῶν λζʹ ἔτους σνʹ μηνὸς ΠονίμουΠανήμου ςʹ Θάρσιθάρσει οὐδὶςοὐδείς ἀθάνατος

Translation

Monument of Alkani(os), (son) of Aslomos, who died (at the age) of 37 years, in (the) year 250, on (the) 6th (day) of (the) month Panemos. Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.

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Notes
The inscription lists the date as the 6th day of the month Panemos in the year 250 according to Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, June 25, 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 a round script with well-cut letters. There is an engraved cross above the text as well as an "incised cross-rho monogram" below it. The month and day numeral is indicated by a horizontal bar in "oblique position" above the letter. The author notes that line 5 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 Zoor0013 and Zoor0035. Based on the similar script and the instances of hapolgraphy the author suggests that Zoor0013 and Zoor0014 may have had the same engraver.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 36 cm; W: 31 cm; D: 06 cm

Date

355 CE to 355 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

  • Incised cross-rho monogram centered below the text

  • outlined engraved cross centered above the inscription

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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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ZOOR0014, 12 February 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89