Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

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400 CE - 475 CE Negev Elusa (Haluza) southeast of the town cemetery

Negev. Elusa (Haluza). Cemetery southeast of the town.

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Α ΘΑ ΑΙ οὐδὶς ἀθάνατος ἤτη δʹ

...(Courage) no one is immortal. Aged four years.

Α ΘΑ ΑΙ οὐδὶς ἀθάνατος ἤτη δʹ

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.

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