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<p>Negev. Zoora. May 13, 439 CE. Reddish sandstone tombstone. Epitaph.</p>
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<date period="http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njjcn4" notBefore="0439" notAfter="0439">May 13, 439 CE</date>
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<p>Εἷς Θεός ὁ βοηθῶν.<lb/>
<choice><sic>Μνημῖον</sic><corr>Μνημεῖον</corr></choice> Ζήνωνος<lb/> Ἀρρενίου, ἀποθανόν<lb break="no"/>τος μετὰ
καλοῦ ὀ<lb break="no"/>νόματος ἐτῶν <num value="30">λʹ</num>,<lb/> ἐν <expan><abbr>ἔτ</abbr><ex>ει</ex></expan> <num>τλδʹ</num>,
μηνὸς<lb/> Ἀρτεμεσίου <num>κγʹ</num>.<lb/>
<choice><sic>Θάρσι</sic><corr>Θάρσει</corr></choice>, Ζήνωνε,<lb/>
<choice><sic>οὐδὶς</sic><corr>οὐδεὶς</corr></choice>
<unclear>ἀ</unclear>θ<unclear>ά</unclear>νατ<unclear>ο</unclear>ς.</p>
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<p>One (is) the God who helps. Monument of Zenon, (son) of Arrenius, who died having
a good name (at the age) of 30 years, in the year 334, on (the) 23rd (day) of
the month Artemisios. Be of good cheer, Zenon, no one (is) immortal.</p>
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<div type="edition" subtype="transcription_segmented" change="c2021-06-16"><p><w xml:id="zoor0159-1" xml:lang="grc">Εἷς</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-2" xml:lang="grc">Θεός</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-3" xml:lang="grc">ὁ</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-4" xml:lang="grc">βοηθῶν.</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-5" xml:lang="grc"><choice><sic>Μνημῖον</sic><corr>Μνημεῖον</corr></choice></w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-6" xml:lang="grc">Ζήνωνος</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-7" xml:lang="grc">Ἀρρενίου,</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-8" xml:lang="grc">ἀποθανόντος</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-9" xml:lang="grc">μετὰ</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-10" xml:lang="grc">καλοῦ</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-11" xml:lang="grc">ὀνόματος</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-12" xml:lang="grc">ἐτῶν</w> <num xml:id="zoor0159-13" value="30" xml:lang="grc">λʹ</num> <w xml:id="zoor0159-14" xml:lang="grc">ἐν</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-15" xml:lang="grc"><expan><abbr>ἔτ</abbr><ex>ει</ex></expan></w> <num xml:id="zoor0159-16" xml:lang="grc">τλδʹ</num> <w xml:id="zoor0159-17" xml:lang="grc">μηνὸς</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-18" xml:lang="grc">Ἀρτεμεσίου</w> <num xml:id="zoor0159-19" xml:lang="grc">κγʹ</num> <w xml:id="zoor0159-20" xml:lang="grc"><choice><sic>Θάρσι</sic><corr>Θάρσει</corr></choice>,</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-21" xml:lang="grc">Ζήνωνε,</w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-22" xml:lang="grc"><choice><sic>οὐδὶς</sic><corr>οὐδεὶς</corr></choice></w> <w xml:id="zoor0159-23" xml:lang="grc"><unclear>ἀ</unclear>θ<unclear>ά</unclear>νατ<unclear>ο</unclear>ς.</w></p>
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<p>The inscription provides the date as the 23rd day of the month Artemisios in the year 334 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, May 13, 439 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 rectangular tombstone is broken at the upper right side and chipped all around. Written in a mixture of round and square script, the text is engraved upon a smoothed surface. The text contains both spelling and grammatical errors.</p>
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