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ZOOR0045

Negev. Zoora. December 3, 383 CE. White sandstone tombstone. Epitaph.

Transcription

ΜνημῖονΜνημεῖον Οὐαλεντίου Ζεβίνα, ἀποθανόντος ἐτῶν τρῖς, ἔτους σοηʹ, μηνὸς Ἀπελλέου ζιʹ, ἡμέρᾳ Ἡλίου. +

Translation

Monument of Valentinus, (son) of Zebinas, who died (at the age) of three years, in (the) year 278, on (the) 17th (day) of (the) month Apellaios, on (the) day of (the) Sun (Sunday).

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
The inscription provides the date as the day of Saturn, the 15th day of the month Gorpiaios in the year 278 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, September 2, 383 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 smoothed inscribed surface is flaked in the upper and middle right side. Below the text are two figures, on the right side a heavily painted red cross-rho and on the left traces of a red painted cross. Above the text are two heavily painted red symbols, on the left a cross with α and ω beneath its horizontal bar and on the right a cross-chi monogram. Traces of an incised frame are visible on all sides except the bottom. The letters are engraved and painted red, and the script is as mixture of square and round alphabet. In line five, μηνὸς is abbreviated with a large μ and a smaller η engraved above it. The month day numeral sign

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 53 cm; W: 27 cm; D: 12 cm

Date

383 CE to 383 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

  • Cross-rho below the last line on the right side

  • Alpha-omega cross above the first line on the left side.

  • Cross-chi monogram above the first line on the right side

  • Cross below the last line on the left side

Bibliography

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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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