Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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ZOOR0373

Zoora, 1 February 428 CE (?). Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

Μνημῖονμνημεῖον ΗέτροςΠέτρου οτιο, στουςἔτους τκβ βερετίουΠεριτίου ζι Οάρσιςθάρσει οὐδεὶς ἀθάνοταςἀθάνατος. ας ἐτῶν Θάρσιθάρσει, οὐδὶςοὐδείς ἀθάνατος. + + + +

Translation

Text B: Monument of Petros … [who died?] in the year 322(?) on the 17th (day) of Peritios (?). Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal. He died Text A: … years old. Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
This inscription bears two separate texts. The final three lines are the oldest ones. The text extended above the original probably belongs to a later period and has been carved by someone unfamilar with the Greek language who simply copied letters and words unsuccessfully.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 37 cm; W: 19 cm; D: 13 cm

Date

428 CE to 428 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities at Safi

Figures

  • Frame around the inscription

  • Red painted cross with a chi sign in its center, flanked by two red painted crosses, the right one within a circle below the frame

  • Red painted bird below the frame, at the right end

  • Traces of a zigzag decoration on the right side of the original frame

  • Traces of a sun-disc above the later 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," ZOOR0373, 15 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89