Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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ZOOR0383

Zoora, 15 September 493 CE (?). Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph)
Transcription

Εἷς Θεός, ὁ πάντων ΔεσπάτηςΔεσπότης. ΜνεμῖονΜνημεῖον Κλαυδίου Πέτρου, ἀπαθονούντοςἀποθανόντος μητὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος ἐτῶν β, ἐν ἔτιἔτει τπη, μηνὸς ΓορπιέουΓορπιαίου κη, ἰνδικτιῶνος β. Θάρσιθάρσει, οὐδὶςούδείς ἀθάνατος.

Translation

One (is) the God, the Lord of all. Monument of Claudius, (son) of Petros, who died having a good name (at the age) of 2 (?) years, in the year 388(?), on the 28th (day) of (the) month Gorpiaios, in (the) 2nd indiction. Be of good cheer, no one is immortal.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
The attestations of the name Κλαύδιος in Zoora add significantly to the scarce Christian evidence from Palestine and Arabia, which is limited to a bishop's name recorded in the Church of the Prophets, Apostles and Martyrs at Gerasa and to a pilgrim's graffito at Wadi Haggag in Sinai. In these provinces, however, Κλαύδιος is mostly encountered as a Roman gentilicium, borne as a rule by military and civil officials.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

493 CE to 493 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Incised frame, whose lower line is partially preserved around 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," ZOOR0383, 5 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89