Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

Slab witht smoothed front and rough back, unfinished left edges.

15.5 23 2.8

The letters have an oblong shape. Alpha has a broken cross-bar. Right diagonal line of alpha, lambda, and delta is extended upwards. Kappa has curved legs. Rounded sigma and omega.

Palm branch Left side of the last line Menorah Right side of the last line 4th-6th century CE Coastal Plain Jaffa Necropolis close to Saknet Abu Kabîr

University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology, inv. no. 41677

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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

Ϲύμωνοςυἱοῦ ἸακωΔιοσπολίτου שלום

(Grave/tomb) of Simon, son of Iako, from Diospolis. Peace.

The name of the deceased is midway between the classical transliteration of the biblical name שמעון - Ϲυμεων - and the Greek name Ϲίμων.Iako is a hypocoristic form of יעקב. The city of provenance of the deceased is most likely either Diospolis in Egypt or Lydda in Palestine.

Ϲύμωνος υἱοῦ Ἰακω Διοσπολίτου שלום

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