Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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ZOOR0361

Zoora, 22 March 452 CE - 21 March 453 CE. Tombstone. Invocation.
Transcription

+ Κύριε ὁὡ Θεὸς ἠμῶν βο+ήθησονβο+έθησον τὸν τμζ´ δοῦλονδοῦλων ΘεόδορωνΘεώδορων. +

Translation

Lord our God, help (Your) servant Theodoros.(It was written in) 347?

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The letters τμζ´ are found in between lines 3 and 4, and at first they seem irrelevant to the rest of the text. If they didn't form part of an earlier inscription, however, they may represent the date on which the invocation was laid: the converted date would be 452/3 CE, a period compatible with both the lettering and the abbreviation methods used in the inscription.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 29 cm; W: 50 cm; D: —

Date

452 CE to 453 CE

Current location

Unknown, since a day after its discovery the block was stolen

Figures

  • Large deeply engraved cross with triangular bars at the centre of the block

  • Cross at the end of last line

  • Cross end of second line

  • Cross beginning of the first line

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

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.
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ZOOR0361, 5 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89