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            <title>Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine</title>
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                     <p>Negev. Zoora. August 12, 366 CE. Sandstone tombstone, engraved and painted. Epitaph.</p>
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                     <p>Found by local inhabitants in the northwest corner of the Bronze Age, Byzantine and Islamic cemetery in the An Naq neighborhood south of the Wadi al-Hasa, probably in secondary use in later graves.</p>
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            <p><choice><sic>Μνημῖον</sic><corr>μνημεῖον</corr></choice>
               <choice><sic>Δομετ<lb break="no"/>τίου</sic><corr>Δομιτίου</corr></choice> Παύλου, ἀπο<lb break="no"/>θανόντος
                        <choice><sic>ἐτῶ<unclear>ν</unclear><lb break="no"/>ν</sic><corr>ἐτῶν</corr></choice> <num>λεʹ</num>, <expan><abbr>ἔτ</abbr><ex>ους</ex></expan>
               <num>σξαʹ</num>, <choice><sic>μ<unclear>η</unclear><lb break="no"/>νὶ</sic><corr>μηνός</corr></choice> Λῴου <num>δκʹ</num>, ἡμέ<lb break="no"/>ᾳ Κρόνου. <choice><sic>Θάρ<lb break="no"/>σι</sic><corr>θάρσει</corr></choice>
               <choice><sic>οὐδὶς</sic><corr>οὐδείς</corr></choice> ἀθάν<unclear>α</unclear><lb break="no"/>τος.</p>
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            <p>Monument of Dometios (Domitius), (son) of Paulus, who died (at the age) of 35
                    years, in (the) year 261, on (the) 24th (day) of (the) month Loos, on (the) day
                    of Saturn (Saturday). Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.</p>
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            <p>The inscription provides the date as the 24th day of the month Loos in the year 261 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, August 12, 366 CE. The tombstone is one of about 700 discovered in Byzantine Zoora. The majority of the Greek tombstones from this location have been identified as Christian. The inscription contains spelling errors, and is engraved and painted red in a round alphabet. The tombstone is still legible, though covered with salt crystals and missing its corners. The last letter of the word "ἐτῶν" on line three is repeated again on line 4. A horizontal bar extends from this nu onto the age numeral which probably serves to indicate the meaning of "λε". The year and inverted month day numeral are also marked with a horizontal bar above them. The word ἔτους is abbreviated with the first two letters and a horizontal bar above them. A cross-rho symbol appears at the end of line 8 and below the text.</p>
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