Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 zoor0391 Zoor 0391

Zoora, mid-5th century CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).

Reddish sandstone, originally it should have been rectangular in shape with a rounded top

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The upper left part is missing. The inscribed surface is badly weathered at its upper half, with obliteration of two-thirds of the epitaph

Engraved in a mixture of round and square script. The letters are of mediocre quality and alignment

Traces of a deeply engraved cross Above the text Incised rectangular frame Around the text. Only its lower part is fully preserved. Linear cross with triangular serifs At the beginning of the last line Cross consisting of four free-standing triangular bars At the end of the last line Mid-5th century CE Negev Zoora An Naq Cemetery

Found 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.

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

+ μηνὸς Δίου. Θάρσι, Σαώλα οὐδὶςοὐδεὶς ἀθάνα+τος +

.................on the ..... ofthe month Dios (?)Be of good cheer, Saolas,no one (is) immortal.

μηνὸς Δίου. Θάρσι, Σαώλα οὐδὶςοὐδεὶς ἀθάνα+τος

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