Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Zoor 0464

Zoora, 430 BCE. Stone block. Epitaph.

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two birds on either side of a circular cross above text

430 BCE Negev Zoora

Jordan Ahli Bank Numismatic Museum

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry

εἷς Θεός. ὁ μόνoς μνημῖον Σωσάννας Καλανδίωνọς, τοῦ βίου παυσομένης μετὰ καλοῦ >> ὀνόματος, ἐτῶν ʹ ἐν ἔτι τκεʹ μηνὸς πελλέου ιαʹ, ἡμέρ Kυρίου εʹ θάρσι, οὐδὶς θάνατος

God (is) One (and) the Only (One). Monument of Sosanna, (daughter) of Calandion, who ceased to live having a good name at the age of .. years. In the year 325 [= ad 430], on the 11th (?) (day) of (the) month Apellaios, the 5th day [of the Lord] (Thursday). Be of good cheer, no one (is) immortal.

Line 3. The upper part of the letter o of Καλανδίωνọς is not visible. Line 7. There are faint traces of a “numeral bar” under the ν of ὀνόματος (line 6). However, there are no remains of the letter-numeral marking the age of the deceased. The sequence τκε is overlined by a “numeral bar”. The abbreviation μς = μη(νὸ)ς. Line 8. Damage in the lower left corner has destroyed the letter Ἀ of [Ἀ]πελλ(έου). Only the right half of the letter π has survived. [Ἀ]πελλς = [Ἀ]πελλ(έου). The sequence ια is overlined by a “numeral bar”. The έ of ἡμέρ has lost its lower part. On the right of ἡμέρ there is a raised abbreviation that cannot be identified with certainty. Line 9. Damage in the left-hand corner has destroyed the abbreviation Κ(υρίο)υ—or Κ(υρίου)—which should precede the numeral ε. To the left of this numeral, there are faint traces of a stroke—or perhaps an accidental scratch on the stone—that cannot be identified. There are no traces of any identification to characterize the ε as a numeral. Line 10. Damage in the left corner has destroyed the initial ἀ of [ἀ]θάνατος. The left half of θ has been deleted, but it is still clearly recognizable.

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