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ZOOR0099

Zoora, December 17, 411 CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.
Transcription

ΜνημῖονΜνημεῖον Σεούδα ΘαδδέουΘαδδαίου, παυσαμένη μετὰ καλοῦ ἀνόματοςὀνόματος καὶ καλῆς πίστεως ἐτῶν μʹ, ἔτους τςʹ, μηνὸς Αὐδονέου αʹ, ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου βʹ. ΘάρσιΘάρσει, Σεούδα, οὐδὶςοὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος.

Translation

Monument of Seouda, (daughter) of Thadaios, who died having a good name and good faith (at the age) of 40 years, in (the) year 306, on (the) 1st (day) of (the) month Audynaios, on (the) 2nd day of the Lord (Monday). Be of good cheer, Seouda, no one (is) immortal.

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Notes
The inscription provides the date as the 2nd day of the Lord (Monday), the 1st day of the month Audynaios in the year 306 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, December 17, 411 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 text contains both spelling and grammatical errors. The personal name Σεούδα is attested elsewhere in this corpus (no. 110) and is probably derived from the Arabic Sawad, meaning "blackness." The patronymic Θαδδέος is highly speculative, since only the first letter is clear.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 47 cm; W: 37 cm; D: 8 cm

Date

411 CE to 411 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

  • Sun-disc in red paint above the text

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. insc 99.
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