Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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ZOOR0397

Zoora, 358/359 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

הדה נפשׁה דמוסיס בר מרסה דמית בשׁתהתליתה דשׁבואה בירח כסלו בעסרין ושׁבעהיומינ ביה היא שׁנת רצ שׁנין לחרבן בית מקדשׁה. Μνημῖον Μουσῖ Μάρσου, γενηθέντος ἔτους σλε, ἀποθανόντος ἔτους σνγ. Εὑμοιρίτω.

Translation

This is the tombstone of Mousis, son of Marsha, who died in the year three of the seven-year cycle, in the month of Kislev, on the twenty seventh day of it, which is th eyear 290 years of the destruction of the Sanctuary. Monument of Mousi(s), son of Marsos, who was born in (the) year 235 (and) died in (the) year 253. May his lot be good.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 35.5 cm; W: 33 cm; D: 3 cm

Date

358 CE to 359 CE

Current location

Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum of the University of Haifa

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Meimaris, Yiannis E., Kalliope Kritikakou-Nikolaropoulou, and Sebastian P. Brock. Inscriptions from Palaestina Tertia Vol. 1c. The Jewish Aramaic Inscriptions from Ghor Es-Safi (Byzantine Zoora). Athens, n.d.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Meimaris, Yiannis E., Kalliope Kritikakou-Nikolaropoulou, and Sebastian P. Brock. Inscriptions from Palaestina Tertia Vol. 1c. The Jewish Aramaic Inscriptions from Ghor Es-Safi (Byzantine Zoora). Athens, n.d.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Meimaris, Yiannis E., Kalliope Kritikakou-Nikolaropoulou, and Sebastian P. Brock. Inscriptions from Palaestina Tertia Vol. 1c. The Jewish Aramaic Inscriptions from Ghor Es-Safi (Byzantine Zoora). Athens, n.d.
    Zotero
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