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ZOOR0439

Zoora, 10 April 504 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

תתניח נפשה הדהדשמעיה בר יצחקדמית בעסרה בירחניסן בשתה קדמיתהדשבועה דהיא שנתארבע מאה ותלתיןוחמש שנין לחרבןבית מקדשה יהיארצון שייבנה ינוחבשלום על משכבו

Translation

Rested be the soul of Ḥalifudaughter ....., who diedon the third day (Tuesday), on the eleventhday of the month Elul, in the Sabbatical year, which is the yearfour hundred and thirtyfive years of the destructionof the Santuary. Peaceupon Israel, peace.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The concluding wish in lines 8-10 is in Hebrew. Dated to 10 Nisan 435 E.D.S., 1st S.Y. = 504 C.E.

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 35 cm; W: 26 cm; D: —

Date

504 CE to 504 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Seven branched candelabrum with schematized flames centered below the epitaph

  • Ram's horn to the right of the candelabrum

  • Stylized lulav to the left of the candelabrum

  • Linear frame ornamented with a dotted zig-zag pattern surrounds incription on upper, left and right sides

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 46.
    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 46.
    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 46.
    Zotero
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