Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Jaffa, 4th-6th century CE. Tombstone. Funerary.

Rectangular slab with smoothed front

Broken in three places and glued together

Written within a frame

Alpha has a broken cross-bar. Right diagonal line of alpha, delta, and lambda is extended upwards. Cursive mu and xi. Upsilon has no vertical bar.

 Rectangular frame Around the inscription 4th-6th century CE Coastal Plain Jaffa Necropolis close to Saknet Abu Kabîr

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Initial Entry Edited Marked Hebrew word as Foreign adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.

ΜνῆμαΚυρίλλουκαὶ ἈλεξάνδρουἈλεξανδρέων שלום

Memorial of Cyrillos and Alexandros from Alexandria. Peace.

This inscripition indicated the burial placed of two men, possibly two brothers.The name Alexandros, very popular among Jews, has been interpreted as a popular transliteration of בנימין.

Μνῆμα Κυρίλλου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξανδρέων שלום

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