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ZOOR0345

Zoora, 16 May 511 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

+ + Εἷς Θεός, ὀ πάντων Δεσπότης.Ἐνθάδε κεῖτε Μαρία Πέτρου,ζήσασα ἔτη ογ μετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος, ἀποθανοῦσα μηνὶ ἈρτεμεσίουἈρτεμισίῳ ςκ, ἰνδικτιῶνος πέμπτης, υς. ΕὐμοίριΕὐμοίρει, οὐδὶςοὐδείς ἀθάνατος.

Translation

One (is) the God, the Lord of all. Here lies Maria(?), (daughter) of Petros(?), who lived 73(?) years having a good name, and died on (the) 26th (day) of (the) month Artemisios, in (the) fifth indiction, (in the year) 406. Have a good fortune, no one (is) immortal.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
The inscription gives the date as the 26th day of the month Artemisios, in the fifth indiction, in the year 406 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is May 16, 511 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.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 32 cm; W: 23 cm; D: 10 cm

Date

511 CE to 511 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

  • Left half of an incised palm branch lower left margin of the inscription

  • Two crosses at the beginning of the first line of text

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

  • Meimaris, Yiannis E., and Kalliope Kritikakou-Nikolaropoulou. Inscriptions from Palaestina Tertia Vol. 1b. The Greek Inscriptions from Ghor Es-Safi (Byzantine Zoora) (Supplement), Khirbet Qazone and Feinan. Vol. 1b. Athens, 2008. insc 45.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Meimaris, Yiannis E., and Kalliope Kritikakou-Nikolaropoulou. Inscriptions from Palaestina Tertia Vol. 1b. The Greek Inscriptions from Ghor Es-Safi (Byzantine Zoora) (Supplement), Khirbet Qazone and Feinan. Vol. 1b. Athens, 2008. insc 45.
    Zotero

Other sources

  • Meimaris, Yiannis E., and Kalliope Kritikakou-Nikolaropoulou. Inscriptions from Palaestina Tertia Vol. 1b. The Greek Inscriptions from Ghor Es-Safi (Byzantine Zoora) (Supplement), Khirbet Qazone and Feinan. Vol. 1b. Athens, 2008. insc 345.
    Zotero
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