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Zoora, January 11, 443 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

+ ΜνιημῖονΜνημεῖον Μάγϛνου Ἀλφίου, ἀναπαυσαμένου μετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος ἐτῶν λςʹ, ἔτους τλζʹ, ἐν μηνὶ ΑὐδυναίῳΑὐδανέῳ κςʹ, ἡμέρᾳ βʹ. ΘάρσιΘάρσει, οὐδὶςοὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος. +

Translation

Monument of Magnus, (son) of Alphios, who (came to rest) having a good name (at the age) of 36 years, in (the) year 337, on (the) 26th (day) of the month Audynaios, on (the) 2nd day (Monday). Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.

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Notes
The inscription provides the date as the 2nd day (Monday), the 26th day of the month Audynaios in the year 337 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, January 11, 443 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 bar appears above the age and year numerals in line six, the abbreviation of the word μηνί in line seven, as well as the units figure of the month day and weekday numerals in line eight. The theta in the word Θάρσι [sic] in the eighth line of text is missing its cross bar. The text contains both spelling and grammatical errors. The name of the deceased, Magnus, is otherwise unattested at Ghor es-Safi, though it appears frequently in Late Roman Hauran.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 58 cm; W: 35 cm; D: 6 cm

Date

443 CE to 443 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

  • Cross one centered above the text and one at the end of line nine

  • Two naively incised birds flanking the upper cross, painted in red colour

  • Frame surrounding 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.
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ZOOR0170, 12 February 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89