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                     <p>Negev. Elusa (Haluza). 400 CE - 475 CE. Limestone tombstone. Epitaph.</p>
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            <p><gap reason="illegible" unit="character" quantity="1"/><orig><unclear>Α</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" unit="character" extent="unknown"/>
               <lb/><orig><unclear>Θ</unclear>Α</orig><gap reason="illegible" unit="character" quantity="2"/><gap reason="lost" unit="character" extent="unknown"/>
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               <lb/><orig>ΑΙ</orig> <supplied reason="lost">οὐ</supplied>δὶ<unclear>ς</unclear> ἀ<lb break="no"/>θάνατος<gap reason="illegible" unit="character" quantity="1"/>
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            <p>...(Courage) no one is immortal. Aged four years.</p>
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            <p>The stone is badly weathered. Formulae are common, and seem to suggest (in this group of tombstones) a pre-Christian date in the early 400s CE.</p>
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