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ZOOR0379

Zoora, 9 July 462 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

Εἷς, Θεός, ὁ πάντωνΔεσπότης. ΜνημῖονΜνημεῖον Μακρίνου ἈλαφάλουἈλαφάλλου, τελευτήσαντος μετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματοςκαὶ καλῆς πίστεως ἐτῶν λε, ἐν ἔτιἔτι τνζ, πεντεκαιδεκάτης ἰνδικτιῶνος, ἐν μηνὶ ΠανέμουΠανήμῳ εἰκοστῇ, ἐν ἡμέρᾳΚυριακῇ. Θάρσει, Μακρῖνε, οὐδὶςοὐδείς ἀθάνατος.

Translation

One (is) the God, the Lord of all. Monument of Macrinus, son of Alaphallas, who died having a good name and good faith (at the age) of 35 years, in the year 357, in the fifteenth indiction, on the twentieth (day) of the month Panemos, on Sunday. Be of good cheer, Macrinus, no one (is) immortal.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

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Date

462 CE to 462 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Red painted wreath in the form of a double outlined circle filled with linear pattern, with traces of a red painted outlined cross in the central area, above the upper frame line

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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