Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

Cream wedge-shaped slab with marginal damages and smoothed front and back

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The script is irregularly carved and presents many mistakes. Alpha with the crossbar slanting upwards from bottom left hasta or with v-shaped crossbar. Delta is rotated 90°. Rounded epsilon, sigma, and omega. Upsilon has no vertical line.

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

University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology, inv. no. 41679

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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

Ἐνθάδε κῖτεἸσακις πρεσβύτερος τῆςΚαπαδοκῶν Ταρσοῦ λινοπώλου

Here lies Isakis, elder of the (synagogue of) the Cappadocians, from Tarsus, linen merchant.

Line 2 could also be read as Ἰσακι<ο>ς. The name of the deceased is a Greek transliteration of the biblical יצחק.Line three could be read as βύτερος τῆς <συναγωγῆς>.The last word could be read as λι|νοπώλ|ου or λι|νοπώλ|<ης>.Lines 3-7 should be understood as that Isaac came from Tarsus, was a linen-merchant, and held an office within the Cappadocian community at Haifa.The title πρεσβύτερος, also translated as "presbyter," likely means different positions from place to place, and therefore its meaning is hard to determine here.

Ἐνθάδε κῖτε Ἰσακις πρεσβύτερος τῆς Καπαδοκῶν Ταρσοῦ λινοπώλου

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