Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

Cream marble slab with smoothed front and rough back and slightly smoothed edges

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Letters are deeply incised. Alpha in cursive style. Cursive mu. Upsilon has no vertical bar. Rounded epsilon, sigma, and omega.

Two menorahs One to either side of line 5 4th-6th century CE Coastal Plain Jaffa Necropolis close to Saknet Abu Kabîr

University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology, inv. no. 41687, ethno. no. 26500

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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

ΝαουμυεἱὸςϹοίμωνοςτῶν Βαρβαβι שלום

Nahum, son of Simon, of the Barbai family. Peace.

The name of the deceased is the orthographic transliteration of the biblical נחום.The family name is of Aramaic origin and consists of two parts, בר, and בבי.

Ναουμ υεἱὸς Ϲοίμωνος τῶν Βαρβαβι שלום

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