Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Zoor 0371

Zoora, 15 February 412 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).

Yellowish sandstone, rectangular in shape

The stone is broken at the lower left corner and chipped on the right side. The inscribed surface is weathered at the bottom and covered in lichens on the right side

Round alphabet with small, carefully cut but slightly descending letters

Sun disc Depicted in the middle of the area above the text. Its outline is heavily drawn in red paint Faint traces of red painted triangles Discernible especially on the right side of the inscription Red painted snakes Vertically placed and mostly faded, they border the inscription on the left and right sides Red painting Over lettering, still visible in almost every line 15 February 412 CE Negev Zoora An-Naq' Cemetery

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

Μνημῖονμνημεῖον ΣελαμάνηςΣελαμάνου Κλαυδίου, παυσάμενοςπαυσαμένου μετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος καὶ καλῆς πίστεως ἐτῶν μ ἔτους τς, μηνὸς Δύστρου α ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου δ θάρσιθάρσει, Σελαμάνη, οὐδὶςοὐδείς ἀθάνατος.

Monument of Selamanes, (son) of Claudius, who died having a good name and good faith (at the age) of 40 years, in (the) year 306, on (the) 1st (day) of the month Dystros, on the 4th day of (the) Lord (Wednesday). Be of good cheer, Selamanes, no one (is) immortal.

1 Dystros 306 E.P.A. is equivalent to 15 February 412 CE

Μνημῖον Σελαμάνης Κλαυδίου, παυσάμενος μετὰ καλοῦ ὀνόματος καὶ καλῆς πίστεως ἐτῶν μ ἔτους τς μηνὸς Δύστρου α ἡμέρᾳ Κυρίου δ θάρσι Σελαμάνη, οὐδὶς ἀθάνατος.

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