<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?oxygen RNGSchema="http://www.stoa.org/epidoc/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng"?><TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="elus0034" n="iip"> <teiHeader xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <fileDesc><!-- ********** <titleStmt> ********** --> <titleStmt> <title>Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine</title> <respStmt> <resp>Prinicipal Investigator</resp> <persName xml:id="MS">Michael Satlow</persName> </respStmt> </titleStmt> <publicationStmt> <xi:include href="http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/iip/include_publicationStmt.xml"> <xi:fallback> <p>ERROR-could not find publication information which should appear in this space.</p> </xi:fallback> </xi:include> <idno type="IIP">elus0034</idno> <!--Elus 0034--> </publicationStmt> <!-- ********* <sourceDesc> ********* --> <sourceDesc> <msDesc> <msIdentifier> <idno>Elus 0034</idno> </msIdentifier> <!-- ********* <msContents> ********* --> <msContents> <textLang mainLang="grc"/> <msItem class="#funerary.epitaph" ana="#unknown_religion"> <p>Negev. Elusa (Haluza). 400 CE - 475 CE. Limestone tombstone. Epitaph.</p> </msItem> </msContents> <!-- ********* <physDesc> ********* --> <physDesc><!-- ********* <objectDesc> ********* --> <objectDesc ana="#tombstone"> <supportDesc> <support> <dimensions type="surface" unit="cm"> <height>58</height> <width>26</width> <depth>11</depth> </dimensions> </support> <condition> <p/> </condition> </supportDesc> <!-- ********* <layoutDesc> ********* --> <layoutDesc> <layout columns="0" writtenLines="0"> <p/> </layout> </layoutDesc> </objectDesc> <!-- ********* <handDesc> ********* --> <handDesc> <handNote ana="#engraved"> <dimensions type="letter" extent="height" unit="cm" atLeast="2.5" atMost="4"/> </handNote> </handDesc> <!-- ********* <decoDesc> ********* --> <decoDesc> <decoNote ana="#xx"> <ab/> <locus/> </decoNote> </decoDesc> </physDesc> <!-- ********* <history> ********* --> <history> <origin> <date period="http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njjcn4" notBefore="0400" notAfter="0475">400 CE - 475 CE</date> <placeName> <region>Negev</region> <settlement ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687890">Elusa (Haluza)</settlement> <geogName type="site">southeast of the town</geogName> <geogFeat type="locus">cemetery</geogFeat> </placeName> <p>Negev. Elusa (Haluza). Cemetery southeast of the town.</p> </origin> <provenance> <placeName/> <date/> </provenance> </history> </msDesc> </sourceDesc> </fileDesc> <!-- ********* <encodingDesc> ********* --> <encodingDesc> <xi:include href="http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/iip/include_taxonomies.xml"> <xi:fallback> <p>ERROR: could not find taxonomies file, which should appear in this space.</p> </xi:fallback> </xi:include> </encodingDesc> <profileDesc/> <!-- ********* <revisionDesc> ********* --> <revisionDesc> <change when="2009-04-21" who="persons.xml#Joseph_Faucher">Creation</change> <change when="2019-01-29" who="persons.xml#Elli_Mylonas"> adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. </change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <facsimile xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <surface> <desc/> <graphic url=""/> </surface> </facsimile> <text> <body> <div type="edition" ana="#b1" xml:lang="grc" subtype="transcription" xml:id="elus0034.transcription" corresp="#elus0034.translation"> <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"/> <lb/><gap reason="illegible" unit="character" quantity="4"/><gap reason="lost" unit="character" extent="unknown"/> <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"/> <lb/>ἤτη <num value="4">δʹ</num></p> </div> <div type="translation" ana="#b1" xml:id="elus0034.translation" corresp="#elus0034.transcription"> <p>...(Courage) no one is immortal. Aged four years.</p> </div> <div type="edition" subtype="transcription_segmented" change="c2021-06-16"><p> <orig xml:id="elus0034-1" xml:lang="grc"><unclear>Α</unclear></orig> <orig xml:id="elus0034-2" xml:lang="grc"><unclear>Θ</unclear>Α</orig> <orig xml:id="elus0034-3" xml:lang="grc">ΑΙ</orig> <w xml:id="elus0034-4" xml:lang="grc"><supplied reason="lost">οὐ</supplied>δὶ<unclear>ς</unclear></w> <w xml:id="elus0034-5" xml:lang="grc">ἀθάνατος</w> <w xml:id="elus0034-6" xml:lang="grc">ἤτη</w> <num xml:id="elus0034-7" value="4" xml:lang="grc">δʹ</num></p> </div> </body> <back> <div type="commentary"> <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> </div> <div type="bibliography"> <listBibl> <bibl xml:id="b1"> <ptr type="biblItem" target="IIP-483.xml"/> <biblScope unit="insc">70</biblScope> </bibl> </listBibl> </div> </back> </text> </TEI>