Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Negev. Zoora. May 5, 406 CE. White sandstone tombstone. Epitaph.

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Line and dots After the age, month day and weekday numerals Frame Surrounding the text Guide-lines Within the text May 5, 406 CE Negev Zoora An Naq cemetery

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.

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

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 Creation Adding Pleiades IDs to origin/placenames adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.

ΜνημῖονΜνημεῖον Φασήλης Ἀμριλίου, ἀποθανοῦσα μετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος ἐτῶν ξβʹ, ἐν ἔτι τριακοσσιαστοῦ πρώτου, ἐν μηνὶ ἈρτεμεσίουἈρτεμισίῳ ειʹ, ἐν ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου ζʹ. ΘάρσιΘάρσει, οὐδὶςοὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος

Monument of Fasele, (daughter) of Amrilios, who died having a good name (at the age) of 62 years, in the three hundred and first year, on the 15th (day) of the month Artemisios, on the 7th day of (the) Lord (Saturday). Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.

ΜνημῖονΜνημεῖον Φασήλης Ἀμριλίου, ἀποθανοῦσα μετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος ἐτῶν ξβʹ ἐν ἔτι τριακοσσιαστοῦ πρώτου, ἐν μηνὶ ἈρτεμεσίουἈρτεμισίῳ ειʹ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου ζʹ ΘάρσιΘάρσει, οὐδὶςοὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος

The inscription provides the date as the 7th day of the Lord (Saturday), the 15th day of the month Artemisios in the year 301 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, May 5, 406 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 nearly rectangular tombstone is chipped on all sides and broken in the upper section. The smoothed inscribed surface is flaked off at the edges. The text is surrounded by an engraved, rectangular frame. The round script of the text is engraved and set within engraved guide-lines. Below the text, there are two more guide-lines drawn in charcoal, probably remnants of the original drawing of the text before the engraving. An oblique line flanked by two decorative dots appears after the age, month day, and weekday numerals in lines seven, eleven, and twelve, respectively. The month day numeral in line eleven is inverted. The text has both spelling and grammatical errors. The personal name Φασήλη is a common name in Ghor es-Safi and derives from a Semitic name, meaning "El has released, set free." This name also appears in Moab and Hauran. The name Ἀμρίλός is also a common Semitic name in Ghor es-Safi which means "order of El."

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