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            <title>Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine</title>
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                     <p>Negev. Zoora, January 27, 476 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).</p>
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                        <ab>Triangle</ab>
                        <locus>Corners of frame</locus>
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                        <ab>Cross</ab>
                        <locus>Centered above frame, end of last line of text</locus>
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                        <ab>Heraldic bird</ab>
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                     <date period="http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njjcn4" notBefore="0476" notAfter="0476">January 27, 476 CE</date>
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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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            <p><g ref="cross">+</g><lb/>
               <g ref="cross">+</g> Εἶς θεός ὁ πάν<lb break="no"/>των Δεσπότης.<lb/>
               <choice>
                  <sic>Μνημῖον</sic>
                  <corr>Μνημεῖον</corr>
               </choice> Ἄντυο<lb break="no"/>ς Πέτρου, <choice>
                  <sic><expan><abbr>πρινικ</abbr><ex>ηρίου</ex></expan></sic>
                  <corr>πριμικηρίου</corr>
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               <lb/> ἀποθανόντος μ<lb break="no"/>ετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόμ<lb break="no"/>ατος καὶ καλῆς π<lb
                  break="no"/>ίστεως ἐτῶν <num value="50">νʹ</num>, ἔ<lb break="no"/>τους <num
                  value="370">τοʹ</num>, <expan><abbr>μη</abbr><ex>νὸς</ex></expan> Περιτί<lb
                  break="no"/>ου <num value="12">ιβʹ</num>,
                  <expan><abbr>ἠ</abbr><ex>μέρᾳ</ex></expan> Κυρίου <num value="3">γʹ</num>.<lb/>
               <choice>
                  <sic>Θάρσι</sic>
                  <corr>Θάρσει</corr>
               </choice>, <choice>
                  <sic>οὐδὶς</sic>
                  <corr>οὐδείς</corr>
               </choice> ἀθά<lb break="no"/>νατος. <g ref="cross">+</g></p>
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            <p> One (is) the God, the Lord of all. Monument of Antys, (son) of Petros,
                    primicerius, who died having a good name and good faith (at the age) of 50
                    years, in (the) year 370, on (the) 12th (day) of (the) month Peritios, on (the)
                    3rd day of (the) Lord (Tuesday). Be of good cheer, no one is immortal. </p>
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               <w xml:id="zoor0231-1" xml:lang="grc">Εἶς</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-2" xml:lang="grc">θεός</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-3" xml:lang="grc">ὁ</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-4" xml:lang="grc">πάντων</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-5" xml:lang="grc">Δεσπότης.</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-6" xml:lang="grc"><choice>
                     <sic>Μνημῖον</sic>
                     <corr>Μνημεῖον</corr>
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               <w xml:id="zoor0231-7" xml:lang="grc">Ἄντυος</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-8" xml:lang="grc">Πέτρου,</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-9" xml:lang="grc"><choice>
                     <sic><expan><abbr>πρινικ</abbr><ex>ηρίου</ex></expan></sic>
                     <corr>πριμικηρίου</corr>
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               <w xml:id="zoor0231-10" xml:lang="grc">ἀποθανόντος</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-11" xml:lang="grc">μετὰ</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-12" xml:lang="grc">καλοῦ</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-13" xml:lang="grc">ὀνόματος</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-14" xml:lang="grc">καὶ</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-15" xml:lang="grc">καλῆς</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-16" xml:lang="grc">πίστεως</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-17" xml:lang="grc">ἐτῶν</w>
               <num xml:id="zoor0231-18" value="50" xml:lang="grc">νʹ</num>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-19" xml:lang="grc">ἔτους</w>
               <num xml:id="zoor0231-20" value="370" xml:lang="grc">τοʹ</num>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-21" xml:lang="grc"><expan><abbr>μη</abbr><ex>νὸς</ex></expan></w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-22" xml:lang="grc">Περιτίου</w>
               <num xml:id="zoor0231-23" value="12" xml:lang="grc">ιβʹ</num>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-24" xml:lang="grc"><expan><abbr>ἠ</abbr><ex>μέρᾳ</ex></expan></w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-25" xml:lang="grc">Κυρίου</w>
               <num xml:id="zoor0231-26" value="3" xml:lang="grc">γʹ</num>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-27" xml:lang="grc"><choice>
                     <sic>Θάρσι</sic>
                     <corr>Θάρσει</corr>
                  </choice>,</w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-28" xml:lang="grc"><choice>
                     <sic>οὐδὶς</sic>
                     <corr>οὐδείς</corr>
                  </choice></w>
               <w xml:id="zoor0231-29" xml:lang="grc">ἀθάνατος.</w>
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            <p>The inscription provides the date as the 3rd day of the Lord (Tuesday), the 12th day of the month Peritios in the year 370, according to the Era of the Province of Arabia, that is January 27, 476 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 tombstone is rectangular in shape but broken in the left corner. The smoothed, inscribed surface has a number of chisel marks. A fragment of preserved plaster sticks to the right of the lower side. An incised and red-painted frame encloses the text, and the extension of its vertical and horizontal lines forms small triangular motifs in each corner. Above the frame a cross with triangular serifs stands flanked by two engraved heraldic birds, each of a different type. A simple cross is engraved at the end of the last line of text. The text is engraved, and lines 2, 5, 8 and 11 have also been painted over in red. The author suggests that Ἄντυος mentioned may be the son of the Πέτρος mentioned in zoor0162, whose father was also named Ἄντυος. The office of Πριμκήριος is the head of a department of military or civil service. The text contains spelling and grammatical errors.</p>
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