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Zoora, 31 March 468 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph)
Transcription

+ Εἷς Θεός, ἁ πάντων ΔεσπάτεςΔεσπότης. ΜνεμῖονΜνημεῖον ὈλέφθαςΣιλουανοῦ, ἀποθανόντοςἀποθανούσηςμετὰ κολοῦκαλοῦ ἀνόματοςὀνόματος καὶ καλεςκαλῆς πίστεως ἐτῶν η , τοῦ ἔτους τξγ, μενὸςμηνός Ξανθικοῦ ι, ἑμέραἡμέρα Κυρίου β. Θάρσιθάρσει, οὐδὶςοὐδείς ἀθάνοταςἀθάνατος. + + +

Translation

One (is) the God, the Lord of all. Monument of Olefthas, (son or daughter?) of Silvanus, who died having a good name and good faith (at the age) of 8 years, in the year 363, on the 10th (day) of the month Xanthikos, on (the) 2nd day of the Lord (Monday). Be of good cheer, no one is immortal.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

468 CE to 468 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Deeply incised frame, partially preserved at its lower part encloses the epitaph and its symbolic decoration

  • Outlined cross with a chi sign in its center and a bird facing it incised at the end of the epitaph

  • Schematically carved bird below the inscription, to the left of the cross

  • Incised cross forming a central lozenge and small triangles as bars below the inscription, almost in the middle

  • Plain cross with linear serifs incised below the bird

  • Depicted cross-chi symbol in the form of a helix inside the upper right corner of the frame

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," ZOOR0380, 5 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89