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ZOOR0163

Zoora, June 4, 440 CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.

Transcription

ΜνημῖονΜνημεῖον Πέτρου Ἄλφου, ὑποδιακόνου, ἀποθοτοςἀποθανόντος ἐτῶν λγʹ, ἐν ἔτουςἔτει τλεʹ, ἐμενενὶἐν μηνὶ ΔεσίουΔαισίῳ ιεʹ, ἡμέοᾳἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου γʹ. ΘάρσιΘάρσει, Πέτρε, οὐδὶςοὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος. +

Translation

Monument of Petros, (son) of Alf(i)os, the subdeacon, who died (at the age) of 33 years, in the year 335, on (the) 15th (day) of the month Daisios, on (the) 3rd day of (the) Lord (Tuesday). Be of good cheer, Petros, no one is immortal.

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Notes
The inscription provides the date as the 3rd day of the Lord (Tuesday), the 15th day of the month Daisios in the year 335 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, June 4, 440 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. A horizontal line appears above the age and year numerals in line four as well as the month and week day numerals in line six. The editor suggests that the patronymic Ἄλφος is either a variant or a misspelling of the common name Ἄλφιος. In line four, the units figure of the year numeral is probably an epsilon, instead of an theta, because a small, natural cavity on the stone gives the appearance of a theta's right stroke. The text contains both spelling and grammatical errors.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 48 cm; W: 33.5 cm; D: 6 cm

Date

440 CE to 440 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

  • Cross below the zigzag line

  • Horizontal zigzag line below the text

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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," ZOOR0163, 13 February 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89