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ZOOR0463

Zoora, spring 429 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).
Transcription

תתניח נפשה דסארה ברתפינחס דמיתת בחדסר יומין בירח אדר תנאנה דשתהתלתיאה דשאבועה שנתתלת מה ושתין שנין לחרבןבית מקדשה תאנוח עלשכבה שאלום

Translation

Rest the soul of Sarah, daughter of Pinhas, who died on the eleventh day, in the month of Adar II; year three of the sabbatical (cycle), the year, three hundred and sixty years of the destruction of the Temple. May she rest in her grave. Shalom.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
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Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

429 CE to 429 CE

Current location

Yeshiva University Museum

Figures

  • Seven-branched menorah below inscription

  • Border around inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

  • Fine, Steven. “‘Rest the Soul of Sarah, Daughter of Pinhas’: A Jewish Tombstone from Zoar, From the Collection of Yeshiva University Museum.” In Wisdom Has Built Her House (Proverbs 9:1): A Tribute in Memory of Leah D. Adler, forthcoming. New York: Yeshiva University Press, forthcoming.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Fine, Steven. “‘Rest the Soul of Sarah, Daughter of Pinhas’: A Jewish Tombstone from Zoar, From the Collection of Yeshiva University Museum.” In Wisdom Has Built Her House (Proverbs 9:1): A Tribute in Memory of Leah D. Adler, forthcoming. New York: Yeshiva University Press, forthcoming.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," ZOOR0463, 20 July 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89