Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Negev. Zoora. second half of fifth century CE. Purple and yellowish sandstone tombstone. Epitaph.

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Frame Above Cross See note second half of fifth century CE Negev Zoora An Naq cemetery

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.

Department of Antiquities of Jordan

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+ Εἷς Θεός ἁὁ πάντων Δεσπότης, ΜνημῖανΜνημεῖον Σαωρέου, ἀπάθανούντοςἀποθανόντος μετὰ καχοῦκαλοῦ ὀνόματος καὶ καλῆς πίστεως + ἐτῶν κζʹ, ἐν ἔτιἔτει + μηνὸς ΑὐδoνέουΑὐδυναίου ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου ΘάρσιΘάρσει, οὐδὶςοὐδεῖς ἀθάνατος. +

One (is) the God, the Lord of all. Monument of Saoreos, who died having a good name and good faith (at the age) of 27 years, in the year... [on (the) .. (day) of (the) month] Audynaios, [on (the) . day of (the) Lord. Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal].

Εἷς Θεός ἁὁ πάντων Δεσπότης, ΜνημῖανΜνημεῖον Σαωρέου, ἀπάθανούντοςἀποθανόντος μετὰ καχοῦκαλοῦ ὀνόματος καὶ καλῆς πίστεως ἐτῶν κζʹ ἐν ἔτιἔτει μηνὸς ΑὐδoνέουΑὐδυναίου ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου ΘάρσιΘάρσει, οὐδὶςοὐδεῖς ἀθάνατος.

While no date has been preserved within the text, the inscription has been dated to the 2nd half of the fifth century CE on the strength of other factors. 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 rectangular tombstone is chipped and weathered, with some loss of text. The remains of a painted red frame are partially visible above the inscription. The text is engraved, while lines 1, 4 and 7 also preserve red paint. A cross begins the first line of text, while two flank the eighth line of text. The author suggests that a cross may also have ended the last line. She also notes that the name Σαωρέος is attested elsewhere at Ghor es-Safi.

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