Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Zoor 0407

Zoora, 20 January 407 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).

White sandstone, rectangular in shape, rounded at the corners except for the upper right one

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The inscribed surface is flaked off at the top and weathered in places with partial loss of text

Professionally executed in calligraphic script with straight lines

Red painted frame with zig zag pattern Around the inscription Red painted seven-branched candelabrum with faded schematized flames above, flaked by the word shalom On the bottom line of the frame, with its top inserted in the middle of the last line of the text 20 January 407 CE Negev Zoora An-naq' Cemetery

George Blumenthal Collection in New York

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

הדה נפשה דשאולבר יעקב דמיתכה יומין ירח שבטבשתה תניניתה דשבועהשנת תלת מאלחשנין לחרבן ביתמקדשה שלוםשלום שלום

This is the tombstone of Sha'ul, son of Ya'aqob, who died on the 25th day of the (month) Shebat, in the second year of the seven-year cycle, the year three hundred (and) 38 years of the destruction of the Sanctuary. Peace, peace, peace.

הדה נפשה דשאול בר יעקב דמית כה יומין ירח שבט בשתה תניניתה דשבועה שנת תלת מאלח שנין לחרבן בית מקדשה שלום שלום שלום

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