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Zoora, 8 March 372 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription הדה נפשה ד
ברת פטרהדמיתת בעסרה
ושתה יומין
בירח אדר קדמיה
בשתה תניניתה
דשבועא שנת
תלת מאה
ותלת
שנין לחרבן בית
מקדשה |
Translation This is the tombstone of […] daughter of Peṭrah, who died on the sixteenth day in
the month fir[st] Adar, [in] the seecond year [of] the seven-year cycle, the
year three hundred and three years of the destruction of the [S]anctuary. |
Diplomatic [no diplomatic] |
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Languages
Hebrew, Aramaic
Dimensions
H: 36 cm; W: 20 cm; D: 6 cm
Date
372 CE to 372 CE
Current location
No provenance provided.
Figures
No figures described.
Bibliography
Source of diplomatic
- ZoteroMeimaris, 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.
Source of transcription
- ZoteroMeimaris, 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.
Source of translation
- ZoteroMeimaris, 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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