Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

Rectangular slab, broken on the right side, with smoothed front

Right margin is missing

Letters are big and regular. Alpha's crossbar slants upwards from bottom left hasta. Squared epsilon. Omicron has a drop shape.

 4th-6th century CE Coastal Plain Jaffa Necropolis close to Saknet Abu Kabîr

Unknown

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Edited adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.

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(Grave/tomb) of Megas, (son?) of Paregorios...

The second name could be either the patronymic, or the name of someone else buried in the chamber, or even a second name of the deceased. It is a Greek name that means "consoling, comforting" and is interpreted as a translation of Hebrew names as מנחם, נחרם, נחמיה.

Μεγάλου ὐιοῦ Παριγορίου κτ

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