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ZOOR0385

Zoora, 16 January 577 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph)
Transcription

+ + Εἷς Θεός, ὁ πάντωνπάντον Δεσπότης. Ἐνθάδε κεῖταικῖτε ὁ μακάριος πάπα ϹΟΝΟϹ, ζήσας ἔτη νε, ἀποθανώνἀποθανὸν ἡμέρᾳ ς, μηνὸς Περιτίου α, ἰνδικτιῶνος ι, τοῦ ἔτους υοα. + +

Translation

One (is) the God, the Lord of all. Here lies the blessed papa (father), … who lived 55 years and died on the 6th day (Friday), on the 1st (day) of the month Peritios, in the 10th indiction, in the year 471.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
While the letters ϹΟΝΟϹ are clear in line 4, they are not quite understandable by the original authors. They most likely represent the name of the deceased. The first sigma could be interpreted as an epsilon rendering a possible phonetic version of the names Αἰῶν, Αἰῶνις, or Αἰῶνος. Given the epithet πάπας, the deceased was likely a member of the local clergy.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 25 cm; W: 24 cm; D: —

Date

577 CE to 577 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Incised red painted linear cross with forked serifs above the epitaph

  • Cross with linear serifs with unrecognizable red painted decoration below it below the epitaph

  • Outlined cross with triangulated serifs drawn in red paint first line of epitaph

  • Heavily red painted vertical lines framing the left and right side of the text

  • Forked serif linear cross drawn in red paint final line of epitaph

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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