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ZOOR0411

Zoora, 19 April 426 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

כו יומין ב ירחניסאן בשתה דשמטתה שנאת ג מה נז שנין לחראבותלחרבן בית מקדשהשלום שלום

Translation

[This is the tombstone of …? son/daughter of …?, who died on the …? day (of the week) on] the 26th day of the month Nisan, in the sabbatical year, the year 3 hundred (and) 57 years of the destruction of the Sanctuary. Peace, peace.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 35 cm; W: 10 cm; D: —

Date

426 CE to 426 CE

Current location

Private Collection in Italy

Figures

  • Red painted linear frame with a dotted serpentine motif on the left, a dotted zigzag pattern on the right, and a plain serpentine motif on the bottom. around inscription

  • Big seven branched candelabrum flaked at its top by the word shalom and at its bottom by two lulavs and two citrons accompanied on the left side by a ram's horn and on the right side by a bird below 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. insc 18.
    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. insc 18.
    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. insc 18.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ZOOR0411, 3 April 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89