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            <title>Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine</title>
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               <resp>Prinicipal Investigator</resp>
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                     <p>Zoora, April 15, 452 CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.</p>
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                              <depth>8</depth>
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                           <p>Reddish sandstone</p>
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                           <p>Almost rectangular in shape, the stone is curved at the top and at the
                              lower right corner</p>
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                           <p>The smoothed inscribed surface is chipped in a few places and
                              weathered in the upper right part. Ll. 2, 4, 6, 8 are painted over in
                              red color. Square script with a few round exceptions</p>
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                        <ab>Cross with a chi- sign at its centre</ab>
                        <locus>Centered below the inscription</locus>
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                        <ab>Vaulted incised and red painted frame</ab>
                        <locus>Surrounding the text on all sides, except the lower one</locus>
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                     <decoNote ana="#xx">
                        <ab>Guide-lines</ab>
                        <locus>Underneath the first two lines of text</locus>
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                        <ab>Two schematic heraldic birds filled with linear decoration</ab>
                        <locus>Flanking the cross below the text</locus>
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                        <ab>Leaf-like motif in red paint</ab>
                        <locus>On the sides of the frame</locus>
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                     <date period="http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njjcn4" notBefore="0452" notAfter="0452">April 15, 452 CE</date>
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                        <region>Negev</region>
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                        <geogName type="site">An Naq</geogName>
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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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                     <placeName>Department of Antiquities of Jordan</placeName>
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         <div type="edition" ana="#b1" xml:lang="grc" subtype="transcription" xml:id="zoor0192.transcription" corresp="#zoor0192.translation">
            <p>Εἷς Θεὸς <expan><abbr>β</abbr><ex>οηθό</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan>. <choice><sic><unclear>Μ</unclear>ν<unclear>η</unclear>μῖον</sic><corr>Μνημεῖον</corr></choice>
               <lb/> Παῦλος Σ<unclear>αμμ</unclear>άσ<unclear>α</unclear>ς,<lb/> ἀποθανόντος
                  μ<unclear>ε</unclear><lb break="no"/>τὰ καλοῦ <choice><sic>ἀνά<unclear>ματο</unclear><lb break="no"/>ς</sic><corr>ὀνόματος</corr></choice> καὶ <choice><sic>καλῶς</sic><corr>καλῆς</corr></choice> πίσ<unclear>τ</unclear>εως<lb/> ἐτ<unclear>ῶ</unclear>ν <num>ξεʹ</num>, ἐν <choice><sic>ἔτι</sic><corr>ἔτει</corr></choice> <num>τμζʹ</num>,<lb/> μηνὸς <unclear>Ξ</unclear>ανθικοῦ <num>κεʹ</num>,<lb/>
               <choice><sic>ἡμήρᾳ</sic><corr>ἡμέρᾳ</corr></choice> Κυρίου <num>δʹ</num>. <choice><sic>Θάρ<lb break="no"/>σι</sic><corr>Θάρσει</corr></choice>, <choice><sic>οὐδὶς</sic><corr>οὐδεὶς</corr></choice> ἀθάνατος.<lb/>
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               <g ref="cross">+</g>
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            <p>One (is) the God, who helps. Monument of Paulus, (son) of Sammasas, who died
                    having a good name and good faith (at the age) of 65 years, in the year 347, on
                    (the) 25th (day) of (the) month Xanthikos, on (the) 4th day of (the) Lord
                    (Wednesday). Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.</p>
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      <div type="edition" subtype="transcription_segmented" change="c2021-06-16"><p><w xml:id="zoor0192-1" xml:lang="grc">Εἷς</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-2" xml:lang="grc">Θεὸς</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-3" xml:lang="grc"><expan><abbr>β</abbr><ex>οηθό</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan>.</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-4" xml:lang="grc"><choice><sic><unclear>Μ</unclear>ν<unclear>η</unclear>μῖον</sic><corr>Μνημεῖον</corr></choice></w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-5" xml:lang="grc">Παῦλος</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-6" xml:lang="grc">Σ<unclear>αμμ</unclear>άσ<unclear>α</unclear>ς,</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-7" xml:lang="grc">ἀποθανόντος</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-8" xml:lang="grc">μ<unclear>ε</unclear>τὰ</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-9" xml:lang="grc">καλοῦ</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-10" xml:lang="grc"><choice><sic>ἀνά<unclear>ματο</unclear>ς</sic><corr>ὀνόματος</corr></choice></w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-11" xml:lang="grc">καὶ</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-12" xml:lang="grc"><choice><sic>καλῶς</sic><corr>καλῆς</corr></choice></w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-13" xml:lang="grc">πίσ<unclear>τ</unclear>εως</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-14" xml:lang="grc">ἐτ<unclear>ῶ</unclear>ν</w> <num xml:id="zoor0192-15" xml:lang="grc">ξεʹ</num> <w xml:id="zoor0192-16" xml:lang="grc">ἐν</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-17" xml:lang="grc"><choice><sic>ἔτι</sic><corr>ἔτει</corr></choice></w> <num xml:id="zoor0192-18" xml:lang="grc">τμζʹ</num> <w xml:id="zoor0192-19" xml:lang="grc">μηνὸς</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-20" xml:lang="grc"><unclear>Ξ</unclear>ανθικοῦ</w> <num xml:id="zoor0192-21" xml:lang="grc">κεʹ</num> <w xml:id="zoor0192-22" xml:lang="grc"><choice><sic>ἡμήρᾳ</sic><corr>ἡμέρᾳ</corr></choice></w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-23" xml:lang="grc">Κυρίου</w> <num xml:id="zoor0192-24" xml:lang="grc">δʹ</num> <w xml:id="zoor0192-25" xml:lang="grc"><choice><sic>Θάρσι</sic><corr>Θάρσει</corr></choice>,</w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-26" xml:lang="grc"><choice><sic>οὐδὶς</sic><corr>οὐδεὶς</corr></choice></w> <w xml:id="zoor0192-27" xml:lang="grc">ἀθάνατος.</w>   </p>
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            <p>The inscription provides the date as the 4th day of the Lord, the 25th of the month
               Xanthikos, in the year 347 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is,
               April 15, 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. A horizontal bar appears above the abbreviation of βοηθός in line one, the
               age and year numerals in line six, the month day numeral in line seven, and the
               weekday numeral in line eight. The text contains both spelling and grammatical
               errors. The phrase εἷς Θεὸς βοηθός is a variant of εἷς Θεὸς ὁ βοηθῶν.</p>
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