Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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ZOOR0367

Zoora, 18 October 390 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

Μνημῖονμνημεῖον ἌνναἌννης ΠιθολάουΠειθολάου, τελευτησάσης μετᾶ καλοῦ ὀνόματος ἐτῶνπεντήκονταπέντε, ἔτους σπε μηνὸς Δίου πρώτῃ. Θάρσιθάρσει, οὺδὶςοὐδείς ἀθάνατος. Ἡμέρᾳ Ἡλίου.

Translation

Monument of Anna, (daughter) of P(e)itholaos, who died having a good name (at the age) of fifty-five years, in (the) year 285, on the first (day) of (the) month Dios. Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal. (She died) on the day of (the) Sun (Sunday).

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 35 cm; W: 24 cm; D: 7 cm

Date

390 CE to 390 CE

Current location

Office of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan in Safi

Figures

  • Double incised linear frame on the right and partially on the left side of the inscription

  • Red paint over lettering

  • Slightly incised double guide-lines discernible throughout the text.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • 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.
    Zotero

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.
    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.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ZOOR0367, 15 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89