Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Negev. Elusa (Haluza). 400 CE - 640 CE. Limestone tombstone. Epitaph.

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400 CE - 640 CE Negev Elusa (Haluza)

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ΙΤ ΟΠΛΗΡ

τοῦ Κυρίου γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς

The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof

τοῦ Κυρίου γῆ κα τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς

Tombstone has circular head and shaft. The head of the stone is mostly lost. Only a portion of the transcription of the tombstone survives. A possible transcription and translation were constructed. The letters of the inscription are sharply cut. The inscription is from Psalms 24:1.

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