Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

Triangular slab

42 38 3.8

The stone had previously been used and traces of a frame are visible on its back

Alpha has a broken cross-bar. Rounded epsilon and sigma. Kappa with curved legs.

Menorah In the middle of lines 4-7 4th-6th century CE Coastal Plain Jaffa Necropolis close to Saknet Abu Kabîr

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Initial Entry Edited adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. fixed archival issue Zev Radovan

ΤόποςΕἰακωΚαπάδοκοςκὲ Ἀχολίας συνβίου αὐτοῦ κὲ Ἀστεριου

Burial place of Eiako from Cappadocia and Acholia his wife, and Asterios.

The inscription suggests the burial place of a couple and of a third person, perhaps their son.Eiako is a hypocoristic form of יעקב. Asterios is a Greek name which means "star."

Τόπος Εἰακω Καπάδοκος κὲ Ἀχολίας συνβίου αὐτοῦ κὲ Ἀστεριου

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