Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

Marble slab of irregular form. All margins preserved.

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Broken on top right and bottom left corners.

The Greek writing is geometric; the omicron is squared, as are the theta and omega.

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

Jaffa Museum, IAA no. 1979.501

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Edited Edited Tagged Hebrew as foreign adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.

Ῥαβὶ Ἰοδα הקבר הזה שלרביודן הכהן ברבנוח נפש שמן לוד υἱὸς Ἰωναθα

Rabbi Judah. This grave/tomb (is the one) of Rav Iodan, the priest, Berav. May (his) soul rest! Coming from Lydda? Son of Jonatha.

Alternate readings for line 1 include: Ῥαβ Ίουδα (Clermont-Ganneau 1900); Ῥαβι Ίο⟨ύ⟩δα (Clermont-Ganneau 1901); Ίούδα⟨ν⟩ (Lidzbarski). Alternate readings for line 2 include: ?היי or ?הידי (Clermont-Ganneau 1901) רבי (Klein 1909). Alternate readings for line 3 include: הכהן (Lidzbarski); ברב (Clermont-Ganneau 1901); ברב יונתן or ברבי (Lidzbarski), (Klein 1909). Line 4 may be an abridged blessing or a eulogy.The Greek lines may be a later addition to the Hebrew writing. One of the vertical bars of the ה in הכהן is missing. The last two words of line 4 are very hard to interpret. Jonathan (lines 5-6) may have been the owner of the tomb, the proprietor of the burial or the dedicator of the epitaph.

Ῥαβὶ Ἰοδα הקבר הזה שלרב יודן הכהן ברב נוח נפש שמן לוד υἱὸς Ἰωναθα

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