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<p>Negev. Zoora. August 19th-September 17th, 485 CE. Tombstone. Epitaph.</p>
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<date period="http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njjcn4" notBefore="0485" notAfter="0485">August 19th - September 17th, 485 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><choice><orig><supplied reason="lost">Μ</supplied>νημῖον</orig><reg>Μνημεῖον</reg></choice> Σίλθα<lb/>
<supplied reason="lost">Κ</supplied><unclear>λ</unclear>αυδίου, <choice><orig>ἀπα<lb break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">θα</supplied>νούσης</orig><reg>ἀπο<lb break="no"/>θανούσης</reg></choice> μετὰ<lb/>
<supplied reason="lost">κα</supplied><unclear>λ</unclear>οῦ ὀνόματος<lb/>
<expan><abbr><supplied reason="lost">κ</supplied></abbr><ex>αὶ</ex></expan>
<unclear>κ</unclear>αλῆς πίστεως<lb/>
<supplied reason="lost">ἐτ</supplied><unclear>ῶ</unclear>ν <num>ξʹ</num>, έν <choice><orig>ἔτι</orig><reg>ἔτει</reg></choice>
<num>τπʹ</num>,<lb/>
<supplied reason="lost">μην</supplied>ὶ<choice><orig>Γαρπιέου</orig><reg>Γορπιαίου</reg></choice>
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<unclear>ἡ</unclear>μέρᾳ <num>δʹ</num>.<lb/>
<choice><orig><supplied reason="lost">Θάρ</supplied><unclear>σ</unclear>ι</orig><reg>Θάρσει</reg></choice>, <choice><orig>οὐδὶς</orig><reg>οὐδείς</reg></choice>
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<supplied reason="lost">ἀθά</supplied><unclear>ν</unclear>ατος. <g ref="cross">+</g></p>
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<p> Monument of Siltha, (daughter) of Claudius, who died having a good name and good
faith (at the age) of 60 years, in (the) year 380, on (the).. (day) of (the)
[month] Gorpiaios, on (the) 4th day (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><orig xml:id="zoor0243-1" xml:lang="grc"><supplied reason="lost">Μ</supplied>νημῖον</orig> <w xml:id="zoor0243-2" xml:lang="grc">Σίλθα</w> <w xml:id="zoor0243-3" xml:lang="grc"><supplied reason="lost">Κ</supplied><unclear>λ</unclear>αυδίου,</w> <orig xml:id="zoor0243-4" xml:lang="grc">ἀπα<supplied reason="lost">θα</supplied>νούσης</orig> <w xml:id="zoor0243-5" xml:lang="grc">μετὰ</w> <w xml:id="zoor0243-6" xml:lang="grc"><supplied reason="lost">κα</supplied><unclear>λ</unclear>οῦ</w> <w xml:id="zoor0243-7" xml:lang="grc">ὀνόματος</w> <w xml:id="zoor0243-8" xml:lang="grc"><expan><abbr><supplied reason="lost">κ</supplied></abbr><ex>αὶ</ex></expan></w> <w xml:id="zoor0243-9" xml:lang="grc"><unclear>κ</unclear>αλῆς</w> <w xml:id="zoor0243-10" xml:lang="grc">πίστεως</w> <w xml:id="zoor0243-11" xml:lang="grc"><supplied reason="lost">ἐτ</supplied><unclear>ῶ</unclear>ν</w> <num xml:id="zoor0243-12" xml:lang="grc">ξʹ</num> <w xml:id="zoor0243-13" xml:lang="grc">έν</w> <orig xml:id="zoor0243-14" xml:lang="grc">ἔτι</orig> <num xml:id="zoor0243-15" xml:lang="grc">τπʹ</num> <orig xml:id="zoor0243-16" xml:lang="grc">Γαρπιέου</orig> <w xml:id="zoor0243-17" xml:lang="grc"><unclear>ἡ</unclear>μέρᾳ</w> <num xml:id="zoor0243-18" xml:lang="grc">δʹ</num> <orig xml:id="zoor0243-19" xml:lang="grc"><supplied reason="lost">Θάρ</supplied><unclear>σ</unclear>ι</orig> <orig xml:id="zoor0243-20" xml:lang="grc">οὐδὶς</orig> <w xml:id="zoor0243-21" xml:lang="grc"><supplied reason="lost">ἀθά</supplied><unclear>ν</unclear>ατος.</w> </p>
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<p>The inscription provides the date as the 4th day (Wednesday), in the month of Gorpiaios, in the year 380 according to the Era of the Province of Arabia. The day of the month has been lost, resulting in a range between August 19th - September 17th, 485 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, curved at the upper right and broken all along the left side and at the bottom, resulting in loss of text. The text is engraved, and lines 1 and 9 additionally preserve some red paint. A simple cross ends the last line of inscription. The text contains spelling and grammatical errors.</p>
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