Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Zoor 0398

Zoora, 359/360 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).

Yellowish sandstone, rectangular in shape

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The inscribed surface is slightly worn on the lower left side

Traces of red colour preserved throughout the text. Professional script with medium-sized letters straightly aligned

Red painted frame Around inscription Partially effaced red painted symbol, likely a seven branched candelabrum End of text 359/360 CE Negev Zoora An-naq' Cemetery

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Initial Entry Edited adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. Rerunning segmentation process with updated workflow

הדה נפשהדמחירשהברת שמואלדמיתת שנת רצא שניןלחרבנבית מקדשה

This is the tombstone of Meḥirshah, daughter of Shmu'el, who died the year 291 years of the destruction of the Sanctuary.

הדה נפשה דמחירשה ברת שמואל דמיתת שנת רצא שנין לחרבנ בית מקדשה

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