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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 400
-
AD 600
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
tomb
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
tomb
People mentioned:
Name:
Cyrus Megalus (Megas?)
Patronym:
Ioananus
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 5-6 c. CE description: Five-line Greek inscription on the square marble slab, edges are broken but all margins are preserved. Alpha is written with a broken cross-bar extending below the line and hyper-extended right leg. Epsilon is round and omega is w-shaped. Upsilon is written variably with and without stem. Dimensions: 32 cm high, 30 cm wide and 4 cm thick. ed. CIIP III 2291 Κύρω Με -γάλου υἱ -οῦ τοῦ μακα -ρίου Ἰωανά -νου '(Tomb) of Cyrus Megalus (Megas?) son of the blessed Ioananus.' commentary: The inscription was said to originate in a village on the Reḥovot-Gadera road, while the first editor attributed this inscribed slab to Khirbet Habra, near Yavneh (Iamnia). Cyrus (Κύρω = Κύρου, note ου>ω) can be understood as either an informal title or a personal name. Μεγάλου can be the genitive of either Μεγάλος or Μέγας, see. CIIP III 2221. Ἰωανάνος is compared with the biblical name Yehoḥanan. His epithet μακάριος indicates that he was already deceased, see. CIIP III 2460 and 2290. The latter originated in Khirbet Habra. This text is identified as Jewish on the basis of the father’s name, but this is not decisive.The inscription is tentatively dated to the 5-6 c. CE on the basis of palaeography. Fischer, Taxel, Amit, BASOR 350, 2008: 19.
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-12-29 16:43:54
Last update:
2024-01-16 08:41:02
Building:
Cementary
Dimensions: surface: w 30 x h 32 x d 4 cm
Condition: Five-line Greek inscription on the square marble slab, edges are broken but all margins are preserved.
Text: Alpha is written with a broken cross-bar extending below the line and hyper-extended right leg. Epsilon is round and omega is w-shaped. Upsilon is written variably with and without stem.
Date: 400 CE - 600 CE
5-6 c. CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Horvat Habra (Khirbet Habra; el-Mughar) 31.883333, 34.733333 Cementary tomb
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: funerary inscription
Summary:
Tomb of Cyrus Megalus with Greek inscription from Horvat Habra (Khirbet Habra; el-Mughar). 400 CE - 600 CE.
Changes history: 2022-12-29 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-16 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-16 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
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'(Tomb) of Cyrus Megalus (Megas?) son of the blessed Ioananus.'
Commentary
The inscription was said to originate in a village on the Reḥovot-Gadera road, while the first editor attributed this inscribed slab to Khirbet Habra, near Yavneh (Iamnia). Cyrus (Κύρω = Κύρου, note ου>ω) can be understood as either an informal title or a personal name. Μεγάλου can be the genitive of either Μεγάλος or Μέγας, see. CIIP III 2221. Ἰωανάνος is compared with the biblical name Yehoḥanan. His epithet μακάριος indicates that he was already deceased, see. CIIP III 2460 and 2290. The latter originated in Khirbet Habra. This text is identified as Jewish on the basis of the father’s name, but this is not decisive.The inscription is tentatively dated to the 5-6 c. CE on the basis of palaeography.
Bibliography (edition)
- CIIP III W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, A., Ecker, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, H., Misgav, J., Price, P., Weiß, A., Yardeni, 2023, Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume III: South Coast: 2161-2648. a, Berlin, Boston, 2291.
Bibliography
- M., Fisher, I., Taxel, D., Amit, 2008, Rural Settlement in the Vicinity of Yavneh in the Byzantine Period: A Religio-Archaeological Perspective, BASOR 350, 19.