The inscription provides the date as the 30th day of the month Dystros in the year 280 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, March 16, 386 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. Only the upper part of this tombstone remains. The remaining text is composed of round alphabet script, with the exception of a square letter σ in lines four and six. The text, which contains both spelling and grammatical errors, follows deeply engraved guide-lines and was originally painted over in red. The personal name Ἀβδλγου in line three is probably a misspelling due to the inscriber's omission of an α after the δ. The personal name Μολεχάθη is derived from the Semitic root mlk, "to reign," or mlh, "to become beautiful." The first two letters of line six are lost to a break in the text. A dividing oblique stroke appears between ἔτους and the following year numeral. The missing lower part of the inscription probably consisted of another three or four lines.