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            <title>Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine</title>
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                     <p>Negev. Zoora. November 17, 450 CE. Reddish sandstone tombstone. Epitaph.</p>
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                     <p>Found by local inhabitants in the northwest corner of the Bronze
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            <p><choice><sic>Μνημῖον</sic><corr>Μνημεῖον</corr></choice>
               <choice><sic>Ἀμ<lb break="no"/>γίλις</sic><corr>Ἀμρίλις</corr></choice> Ζηνοβίου,<lb/> ἀποθανόντος<lb/> μετὰ <choice><sic>κολοῦ</sic><corr>καλοῦ</corr></choice>
               <choice><sic><unclear>ἀ</unclear>ν<lb break="no"/>όματος</sic><corr>ὀνόματος</corr></choice> ἐτῶν<lb/>
               <num>κεʹ</num>, ἐν <expan><abbr>τ</abbr><ex>ῷ</ex></expan>
               <num>τμεʹ</num>,<lb/>
               <expan><abbr>μη</abbr><ex>νὸς</ex></expan>
               <choice><sic>Ἀπελλέου</sic><corr>Ἀπελλαίου</corr></choice>
               <num>αʹ</num>.<lb/>
               <choice><sic><unclear>Θά</unclear>ρσι</sic><corr>Θάρσει</corr></choice>, <choice><sic><unclear>ο</unclear>ὐδὶς</sic><corr>οὐδεὶς</corr></choice>
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               <choice><sic>ἀθάνοτος</sic><corr>ἀθάνατος</corr></choice>.<lb/>
               <g ref="cross">+</g></p>
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            <p>Monument of Amrili(o)s, (son) of Zenobios, who died having a good name (at the
                    age) of 25 years, in the year 345, on (the) 1st (day) of (the) month Apellaios.
                    Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.</p>
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            <p>The inscription provides the date as the 1st of the month Apellaios, in the year 345 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, November 17, 450 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 broken on all sides and pointed at the bottom. Written predominantly in round script with a few square exceptions, the text is engraved upon a smoothed surface which is chipped at the edges. Lines one, three, five, seven, and nine are painted over in red. The inscription is surrounded by an incised, red-painted frame, the corners of which are decorated on the outside with four drop-like motifs drawn in red paint. An outlined cross with a chi sign in the middle is painted in the center below the text. A horizontal bar appears above the age numeral in line six and the month day numeral in line seven. Three serpentine motifs appear at the end of line nine. The editor notes that the rho in name of the deceased, Ἀμρίλις, is mistakenly carved as a gamma. He further indicates that this name is a shortened version of the more standard Ἀμρίλιος. The text contains both spelling and grammatical errors.</p>
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