Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

Slab with smoothed front and back

25.5 36.5 2.8

Three fitting fragments

Alpha with v-shaped crossbar, rounded sigma. Over the last letter there is a little alpha upside down (3cm).

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

Ustinov collection, Ethnographic Museum of Oslo, inv. no C. 41671

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Edited Added references to pictures adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. Inscription front side. University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology Inscription back side. University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology

ϹαμουηςἈμαχίου

Samoues, (son) of Amachios.

Samoues may be a hypocoristic form derived from the biblical שמואל. Abbomares is a transliteration of the Aramaic name אבאמרי or אבמרי.The second name is presumably the patronymic. There is a little upside down alpha engraved on the top of the last letter, the upsilon, and this additional letter cannot be explained with certainty.

Ϲαμουης Ἀμαχίου

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