Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Negev. Elusa (Haluza). 400-475 CE. Limestone tombstone. Epitaph.

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400-475 CE Negev Elusa (Haluza) southwest cemetery

Negev, Elusa. "Southwest cemetery" (in Kirk's 1937-8 notes); probably the cemetery south of the Saadi road.

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Θάρσι, Ἀβδαλγῆ, οὐδίς ἀθάνατος ἐτῶν ϛζʹ μηνὸς Δύστρου διʹ

Courage, 'Abdalga, no one is immortal; aged 66, 14th of Dystros

Θάρσι, Ἀβδαλγῆ, οὐδίς ἀθάνατος ἐτῶν ϛζʹ μηνὸς Δύστρου διʹ

The stone is dressed on the left and lower margins of the shaft. Formulae are common and seem to suggest (in this group of tombstones) a pre-Christian date, in the early 400s CE. The 14th of Dystros corresponds to the 28th of February.

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