Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 Jaff 0069

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

White limestone with reddish tint, rough unfinished back and edges.

30 32 3

Letters deeply incised, most of them with serifs. Alpha of two types, with broken cross-bar and cursive. Right diagonal line of delta extends upwards. Cursive xi. Rounded omega. Upsilon in line 2 is very oddly shaped and has a dot on it. Two dots appears also on the iota in the same line.

Unclear symbol, possibly an animal Under the inscribed text 4th-6th century CE Coastal Plain Jaffa Necropolis close to Saknet Abu Kabîr

Jaffa Museum, IAA no. 95-134.

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Edited adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. added diplomatic transcription - combined with Ioppe0003

ΜΝΗΜΑΤΡΥΦΩΝΟϹΥΕΙΟΥΜΑΡΙϹΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΟϹΔΙΑΒΕΝΑ

Μνῆμα Τρύφωνος υεἱοῦ ΜαριςἈλεξανδρέος Διαβενα

Memorial of Tryphon son of Maris, the Alexandrian, from Adiabene?

Line 1: Name also found in Jaff 0051. Line 4: Alexandrian probably refers to the deceased, but could also refer to the father. Line 5: The meaning is unclear. May be the name of a place with the initial alpha forgotten.

Μνῆμα Τρύφωνος υεἱοῦ Μαρις Ἀλεξανδρέος Διαβενα

69 222-224