Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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ZOOR0378

Zoora, 27 April 461 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

Εἷς Θεός,ὁ πάντωνΔεσπότης. ΜνημῖονΜνημεῖον ΛουκίαςΠέτρου, ἁποθανούσης μετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος ἐτῶν κ, τοῦ ἔτους τνς, ἐνμηνὶ ἈρτεμεσίουἈρτεμισίῳ ἑβδόμῃ, ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίουἔκτῃ. Θάρσιθάρσει, Λουκία, οὐδὶςοὑδείς ἀθάνατος. +

Translation

One (is) the God, the Lord of all. Monument of Lucia, (daughter) of Petros, who died having a good name (at the age) of 20 years, in the year 356, on the seventh (day) of the month Artemisios, on (the) sixth day of (the) Lord (Friday). Be of good cheer, Lucia, no one is immortal.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

461 CE to 461 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Deeply incised and cross-shaped frame around inscription, which is also in the form of a cross

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," ZOOR0378, 8 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89