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Zoora, 9 August (?) 444 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph)
Transcription

+ + ΜνημεῖονΜνημῖον Ὀλέφου ΚρήσκεντοςΧρήσκου, ἀποθανόντοςμετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος καὶκαλῆς πίστεως ἐτῶν ν, ἐν ἔτειἔτι τλθ, μηνὸς Λώου κα, ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου δ θάρσιΘάρσι, οὑδεὶςοὑδὶς ἀθάνατος. +

Translation

Monument of Olefos, (son) of Chreskes (Crescens), who died having a good name and good faith (at the age) of 50 years, in the year 339, on the 21st (day) of the month [Loos?], on the 4th day of (the) Lord (Wednesday). Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

444 CE to 444 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Six pointed star inscribed in a circle and flanked by two deeply engraved flat crosses with triangulated serifs (only the left one is clearly visible) above the epitaph, in the centre

  • Two schematically depicted heraldic birds with crest flanking the cross below the inscription

  • Traces of red paint on both the symbolic decorations and the text

  • A cross formed of two intersecting rectangular bars filled with chi-signs below 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," ZOOR0377, 8 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89