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ZOOR0408

Zoora, 28 December 414 CE - 26 January 415 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).


Transcription הדה נפשהדאסתר ברתהדעדיו דמיתתבירח שבטדשתה ג דשבועהשנת תלת מא מו שנין לחרבןבית מקדשהשלום עלה שלום
Translation This is the tombstone of Esther, daughter of 'Adayo, who died in the month Shebat, of the 3rd year of the seven-year cycle, the year three hundred (and) 46 years of the destruction of the Sanctuary. Peace upon her, peace.
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

הדה נפשהדאסתר ברתהדעדיו דמיתתבירח שבטדשתה ג דשבועהשנת תלת מא מו שנין לחרבןבית מקדשהשלום עלה שלום

Translation

This is the tombstone of Esther, daughter of 'Adayo, who died in the month Shebat, of the 3rd year of the seven-year cycle, the year three hundred (and) 46 years of the destruction of the Sanctuary. Peace upon her, peace.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 414 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 415 CE

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 24 cm; W: 17.5 cm; D: 5 cm

Date

414 CE to 415 CE

Current location

Archaeological Museum in Amman

Figures

Partially preserved 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.

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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," ZOOR0408, 8 December 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89