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            <title>Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine</title>
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                     <p>Negev. Zoora. January 23, 452 CE. Yellowish sandstone tombstone with purple stripes. Epitaph.</p>
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                     <date period="http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njjcn4" notBefore="0452" notAfter="0452">January 23, 452 CE</date>
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                     <p>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.</p>
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            <p><g ref="cross">+</g><lb/>
               <choice><sic>Μνημῖον</sic><corr>Μνημεῖον</corr></choice> Κ<unclear>α</unclear>ϊάμου<lb/> Ἀβιδακάρου, <choice><sic>ἀποθο<lb break="no"/>νόντος</sic><corr>ἀποθανόντος</corr></choice> μετὰ καλοῦ ὀ<lb break="no"/>νόματος καὶ κ<unclear>αλ</unclear>ῆς
               πίσ<lb break="no"/>τεως ἐτῶν <num>λθʹ</num>,<lb/> ἐν <choice><sic>ἔτι</sic><corr>ἔτει</corr></choice>
               <num>τμςʹ</num>, ἐν<lb/>
               <expan><abbr>μη</abbr><ex>νὶ</ex></expan>
               <choice><sic>Πιριτίου</sic><corr>Περιτίου</corr></choice>
               <num>ηʹ</num>. <choice><sic>Θά<lb break="no"/>ρσι</sic><corr>Θάρσει</corr></choice>, <choice><sic>οὐδὶς</sic><corr>οὐδεὶς</corr></choice>
               <lb/> ἀθά<lb break="no"/>νατος. <g ref="cross">+</g><lb/>
               <g ref="cross">+</g></p>
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            <p>Monument of Kaiamos, (son) of Abidakaros, who died having a good name and good
                    faith (at the age) of 39 years, in the year 346, on (the) 8th (day) of (the)
                    month Peritios. Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.</p>
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            <p>The inscription provides the date as the 8th of the month of Peritios, in the year 346 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is, January 23, 452 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 broken in the upper left and right corners. Written in a mixture of round and square script, the text is engraved upon a smoothed surface, which is flaked off, particularly in the upper left corner. The text is surrounded by an engraved, rectangular frame, which is doubly outlined on the right side. An incised cross with linear serifs appears above the frame to the left. A simple outlined cross with a chi-sign in the center appears below the frame to the right. Another cross appears at the end of the last line of text. The text contains both spelling and grammatical errors. The editor notes that the patronymic Ἀβιδκάρος appears here for the first time in Palestine and Arabia.</p>
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