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ZOOR0203

Negev. Zoora. December 1, 455. Tombstone. Epitaph.

Transcription

+ +Εἶς θεός. ΜνημιονΜνημεῖον Ἰωάννου, ἀποθανόντος μετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος καὶ καλῆς πίστεως ἐτῶν ἕτους τνʹ μηνὸς Ἀπελέου ιεʹ ἠμερᾳ Κυριόυ δʹ θάρσει, οὐδεις ἀθάνατος

Translation

One (is) the God. Monument of..., (son) of Ioannes, who died having a [good name and good faith] (at the age) of.. years, [in (the) year] 350 (?), on (the) 15th (day) of (the) month Apellaios, on (the) 4th day of (the) Lord (Wednesday). [Be of good cheer, no one (is)] immortal.

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Notes
The inscription provides the date as the 4th day of the Lord (Wednesday), the 15th day of the month Apellaios, in the year 350 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is December 1, 455 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 tombstone is rectangular in shape, and chipped all around, with a badly weathered and worn surface. The formerly smoothed inscription area is largely flaked off, worn down, and covered in salt crystals and lichen, rending the restored text very uncertain. Above the inscription is a cross-rho mongram, inscribed within a cricle, and flanked by two crosses with chi-signs in the middle, the left of which is faded. All these symbols are drawn in red paint. The script is a mixture of square and round with small letters.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 49 cm; W: 28 cm; D: 7.5 cm

Date

455 CE to 455 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

  • Chi center of the crosses

  • Cross one on either side of cross-rho

  • Circle inscribed around cross

  • Cross-rho 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," ZOOR0203, 7 February 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89