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ZOOR0405

Zoora, 12 April 392 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

הדה נפשה דיעקבבר שמואל דמית ביום תריה בר ארבעין שניה בתלתה יומיןבירח אייר בשתהקדמיתה דשבועהשנת תלת מאה ועשריןותלת שנין לחרבן בית מקדשה

Translation

This is the tombstone of Ya'aqob, son of Shmu'el, who died on the second day (Monday), aged forty years, on the third day of the month Iyyar, in the first year of the seven-year cycle, the year three hundred and twenty-three years of the destruction of the Sanctuary.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 46 cm; W: 34 cm; D: 8 cm

Date

392 CE to 392 CE

Current location

Private Collection in Amman

Figures

  • Incised and red painted frame around the 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.
    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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Satlow, Michael L., ed. 2002 - . “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine.” Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/PZ1D-ST89

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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ZOOR0405, 5 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89