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<title>Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine</title>
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<p>Negev. Zoora. March 6, 449 CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.</p>
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<date period="http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njjcn4" notBefore="0449" notAfter="0449">March 6, 449 CE</date>
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<p>Found by local inhabitants in the northwest corner of the Bronze
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the Wadi al-Hasa, probably in secondary use in later graves.</p>
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<p><g ref="cross">+</g> <g ref="cross">+</g> <g ref="cross">+</g><lb/> Εἷς Θεός. <choice><orig>Μνη<lb break="no"/>μῖον</orig><reg>Μνη<lb break="no"/>μεῖον</reg></choice> Σαμμασέου<lb/> Ἄντυος, <expan><abbr>ὑποδια<unclear>κ</unclear></abbr><ex>όνου</ex></expan>, ἀποθανόντος<lb/> μετὰ καλοῦ ὀνό<lb break="no"/>ματος ἐτῶν <num>νʹ</num>,<lb/> ἐν <choice><orig>ἔτι</orig><reg>ἔτει</reg></choice> <num>τμγʹ</num>, μηνὶ<lb/>
<expan><abbr>Δύστ</abbr><ex>ρῳ</ex></expan> <num>κʹ</num>. <expan><abbr>Θάρ</abbr><ex>σει</ex></expan>, <expan><abbr>οὐ</abbr><ex>δεὶς</ex></expan>
<expan><abbr>ἀθ</abbr><ex>άνατος</ex></expan>.</p>
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<p>One (is) the God. Monument of Sammaseos, (son) of Antys, (the) subdeacon, who
died having a good name (at the age) of 50 years, in the year 343, on (the) 20th
(day) of (the) month Dystros. Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.</p>
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<p>The inscription provides the date as the 20th day of the month Dystros in the year 343 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, March 6, 449 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 irregularly shaped tombstone is curved at the left side and top, chipped all around, and broken in the lower right corner. Written in square elongated script, the text is engraved upon a smoothed surface, which is flaked off in several places. Three incised crosses appear above the inscription. The interior of the first two is decorated with a simple incised cross, while the interior of the third contains partially preserved chi-signs. A horizontal bar appears above and below the age numeral in line six of the text as well as the month day numeral in line eight. The editor suggests that the deceased, Sammaseos, was probably the brother of the Petros mentioned in inscription no. 162. He also notes that the abbreviation of the phrase Θάρσει, οὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος found in this inscription is uncommon. The text contains both spelling and grammatical errors.</p>
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