Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Zoor 0370

Zoora, 22 April 403 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).

White brownish sandstone with purple veins, almost rectangular in shape

The text was originally surrounded by an incised frame. Traces of incised guide-lines are also discernible.

Round alphabet, featuring an alpha with a broken bar. The letters are small and carefully cut, with a slightly descending alignment.

 Incised frame Around the text. Only the upper and left sides are preserved. 22 April 403 CE Negev Zoora An-Naq' Cemetery

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Edited adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.

Μνημῖονμνημεῖον Αἰανοῦ Μένωνος, ἀποθανόντος μετὰ καλοῦ ἀνόματοςὀνόματος ἐτῶν νβ ἔτους οϞη, μηνὸς Ἀρτεμισίου β, ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου δ Θάρσιθάρσει, Αἱάνη, οὐδὶςοὐδείς ἀθάνατος.

Monument of Aianes, (son) of Menon?, who died having a good name (at the age) of 52 years, in (the) year 298, on (the) 2nd (day) of the month Artemisios, on (the) 4th day of the Lord (Wednesday). Be of good cheer, Aianes, no one (is) immortal.

Μνημῖον Αἰανοῦ Μένωνος, ἀποθανόντος μετὰ καλοῦ ἀνόματος ἐτῶν νβ ἔτους οϞη μηνὸς Ἀρτεμισίου β ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου δ Θάρσι Αἱάνη, οὐδὶς ἀθάνατος.

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