Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Zoora, 10 April 508 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).

Rectangular block which probably served as a lintel of a funerary monument

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Mixed round and square script. Several letters bear small dots at their edges, in their interior or between them. The execution of the text, as well as its alignment, is rather careful

Deeply engraved cross with triangular bars and a dot in its center To the left of the first line Schematic arch Below the epitaph, interrupting the horizontal band Peacock with body facing left and head turned to the right, holding palm branch in its bill Below the arch, on the right side. Faint traces of a similar peacock are barely discernible on the left side Partially preserved vase (?) Below the inscription, in between the peacocks Horizontal band decorated with a zigzag pattern Runs below the epitaph Small incised cross formed of four dots Beginning of line 2 Decorative angular bracket Following the patronymic in line 2 10 April 508 CE Negev Zoora Umm Tawabeen

Store house of the Department of Antiquities in Amman

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

+ Χριστὸς νικᾷ. ἘκοιμήθηἘκυμέθη Λεόν+τιςΛεών+τις Σίλου ἐν μηνίμενί Ἀπριλίῳ δεκάτῃδεκάδι, τοῦ υγ´. + +

Christ is victorious. Leonti(o)s, (son) of Silas, fell asleep (died)on the tenth (day) of the monthof April, in the (year) 403.

Χριστὸς νικᾷ. Ἐκυμέθη Λεώντις Σίλου ἐν μενί Ἀπριλίῳ δεκάδι τοῦ υγ´

Dated to April 10, 403 E.P.A. = April 10, 508 CE, using Roman month name instead of Macedonian. Line two: a decorative angular bracket follows the patronymic.

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