Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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ZOOR0369

Zoora, 24 December 396 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

Μνημῖονμνημεῖον ἘμμεδάβουςἘμμεδάβουΜαρκιανοῦ παυσάμενοςπαυσάμενουἐν ὁσιότητιμετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος ἐνῶν ν,ἐν ἔτιἔτει σϞα, μηνὶ ΑὐδονέουΑὐδυναίῳ ογδόῃ,ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου τετάρτῃ. +

Translation

Monument of Emmedabos, (son) of Marcianus, who died in holiness having a good name (at the age) of 50 years, in (the) year 291, on (the) eighth (day) of the month Audynaios, on (the) fourth day of (the) Lord (Wednesday).

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

396 CE to 396 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Linear cross in the middle, below the inscription

  • Square frame around the inscription

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," ZOOR0369, 5 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89