Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

ERROR-could not find publication information which should appear in this space.

 Jaff 0030

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

Slab witht smoothed front and rough back

20 27 2.6

Broken on bottom left corner and partially on upper right corner

The letters are very regularly incised, and the grid used by the inscriber at the top and bottom of each line is still visible. Alpha with v-shaped crossbar, its diagonal bar is slightly extended upwards, unlike the lambda and delta. Rounded sigma. Vertical bar of upsilon is very short.

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

University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology, inv. no. 41673

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Edited Switched to regular template; marked Hebrew word as Foreign 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

Ἀλαφθα υἱὸς Ὑαναδός אמן שלום

Halafta, son of Yanados. Amen. Peace.

The name of the deceased is the undeclined phonetic transliteration of the Aramaic חלפתא, meaning "willow."The patronymic Υαναδος could be related to the Hebrew name ינאי, normally transliterated as Ἰανναιος. The form underwent some changes (ι>υ, one nu instead of two), and a dental letter was added to make the noun declinable, with an incorrect use of the nominative instead of the genitive case.The two Hebrew letters serve also a decorative purpose.

Ἀλαφθα υἱὸς Ὑαναδός אמן שלום

30