Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

Cream marble slab

9 26 3.2

Partially broken on the left corner and maybe on the bottom

Red color is preserved in some of the letters. Letters are deeply incised. Alpha's crossbar is slanting upwards from bottom left hasta, except at the end of line 2. Right diagonal line of second alpha in line 2 and line 5, and delta is extended upwards. Rounded epsilon and sigma.

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

University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology, inv. no. 41678

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Edited Added reference to picture adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. Inscription front side. University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology

Τοῦτο τὸ μνῆμα διαφέρι ἀπὸ Πατρίκης

This is the memorial (that) belongs to Patrikes.

The last part of the inscription could be lost.The name is the Greek transliteration of the Latin name Patricius.

Τοῦτο τὸ μνῆμα διαφέρι ἀπὸ Πατρίκης

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