Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

Slab with partially rough front and smoothed back

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Two fitting fragments, broken on bottom right corner

Letters are deeply incised. Alpha has a v-shaped crossbar and its left diagonal stroke is extended upwards. Squared epsilon, sigma, and omega. Upsilon has no vertical bar.

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

University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology, inv. no. 41662

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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 Inscription front side darker. University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology

Μιμόριων Ϲύμονος Ἐισακιου διαφέρον

Memorial belonging to Simon, (son) of Isaac.

The second name could be the patronymic or a second name of the deceased. It is a Greek transliteration of the biblical יצחק

Μιμόριων Ϲύμονος Ἐισακιου διαφέρον

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