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<title>Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine</title>
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<p>Negev. Zoora. first quarter of fifth century CE. White yellowish sandstone tombstone. Epitaph.</p>
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<date period="http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njjcn4" notBefore="0400" notAfter="0425">first quarter of fifth century 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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adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.
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<lb/><orig>Μ</orig><gap reason="lost" unit="character" extent="unknown"/><orig>Ο</orig>
<lb/><orig>ΠΑ</orig><gap reason="lost" unit="character" extent="unknown"/><orig>ΚΑΓ</orig>
<lb/><choice><sic><unclear>Θάρσι</unclear></sic><corr>Θάρσει</corr></choice><gap reason="lost" unit="character" extent="unknown"/></p>
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<p>... Be of good cheer?</p>
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<p>The inscription is largely illegible, and no date is preserved. 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 and slightly curved at the corners, with some breaks and chipping. The text of the inscription has been effaced with a chisel, leaving little legible text. A few letters as well as remnants of a frame and guideline are still visible. These are all engraved. A double incised circle with an inscribed cross were engraved during the stones secondary usage. The cross has flat bars and circles at its corners. Small dots in the negative space between the larger circle and cross form floral patterns.</p>
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