Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Zoor 0409

Zoora, 6 January 415 CE. Tombstone. Funerary (Epitaph).

Local sandstone, rectangular in shape with curved top

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Broken in three pieces and missing its lower left corner. The inscribed surface is eroded and cracked in places

The epitaph is set between guidelines

The text, the guidelines and the symbolic decorations are engraved and painted over in red. The script is well executed in medium sized and straightly aligned letters

 Linear frame with double dotted motif Around the inscription and its symbols Big seven -branched candelabrum Occupies the lower part of the text: its upper part is inserted in the last two lines of the inscription; the tripodic base stands on the lower frame line, while in the spaces between its legs remains of three ornamental dotted lines are visible A fish On the left side of the seven branched candelabrum The word Shalom On the left side of the seven branched candelabrum Ram's horn On the left side of the seven branched candelabrum Five-branched candelabrum On the left side of the seven branched candelabrum 6 January 415 CE Negev Zoora An-naq' Cemetery

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Initial Entry Edited corrected language code ara to arc adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. Rerunning segmentation process with updated workflow

תנוח נפשה דיעקבבר שמעו דמיתיום ב י יומין בירחשבט בשנתה ג דשבועה שנת ש מאון מו שנין לחרבן ביתמקדשה יתעוריר לקול משמיע שלום

Rested be the soul of Ya'aqob, son of Shem'o, who died on the 2nd day (Monday), on the 10th day of the month Shebat, in the 3rd year of the seven-year cycle, the year 300 {hundreds} (and) 46 years of the destruction of the Sanctuary. May he be awakened to the voice of the announcer of peace.

The numerals in lines 3, 4, and 6 are exceptionally denoted by a vertical stroke next to the numerical letter instead of the usual horizontal bar above.

תנוח נפשה דיעקב בר שמעו דמית יום ב י יומין בירח שבט בשנתה ג דשבועה שנת ש מאון מו שנין לחרבן בית מקדשה יתעוריר לקול משמיע שלום

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