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ZOOR0400

Zoora, 29 June 369 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).


Transcription הדה נפשה דתידרה ברתהדמיירה דמיתת א בשבה ז יומיןבירח תמוז בשתה קדמיתה דשבועהבשנת ש שנין לחרבן בית מקדשה
Translation This is the tombstone of Theodora, daugther of MYYRH , who died (on day) 1 (first) in the week (=Sunday), (on the) 7(th) day in month Tammuz … in the first year of the seven year cycle, in the year 300 years of the destruction of the [Sanctuary].
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

הדה נפשה דתידרה ברתהדמיירה דמיתת א בשבה ז יומיןבירח תמוז בשתה קדמיתה דשבועהבשנת ש שנין לחרבן בית מקדשה

Translation

This is the tombstone of Theodora, daugther of MYYRH , who died (on day) 1 (first) in the week (=Sunday), (on the) 7(th) day in month Tammuz … in the first year of the seven year cycle, in the year 300 years of the destruction of the [Sanctuary].

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 369 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 369 CE

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 36 cm; W: 27 cm; D: 5.5 cm

Date

369 CE to 369 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

Red painted frame around inscription

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.

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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.

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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ZOOR0400, 5 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89