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ZOOR0390

Zoora, first quarter of 5th century CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).

Transcription

Εἷς Θεός, ὁ πάντων Δεσπότης

Translation

One (is) the God, theLord of all.....

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Line 4: The now lost fourth line contains several faded Aramaic letters, written upside-down in red paint. Probably remains of an earlier Jewish Aramaic inscription, placed in the opposite direction to that of the Greek one.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

401 CE to 425 CE

Current location

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

Figures

  • Two horizontal palm branches, drawn heraldically in red paint above the sun disc

  • Big plain cross with linear serifs, bearing a small horizontal stroke in its four corners enclosed within the sun-disc above the inscription

  • Big outlined sun disc surrounded by rays running clockwise above the inscription. the symbolic motif is deeply engraved and heavily painted over in red colour with the exception of the rays which are only painted

  • Series of snakes, vertically depicted in red colour flanking both the symbolic motif and the inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

Other sources

  • 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. insc 60.
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ZOOR0390, 3 April 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89