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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 516
-
AD 526
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
tomb
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
tomb
People mentioned:
Name:
...aneus
Patronym:
...dnus
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
citizen of Ascalon
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 516-526 CE description: Greek funerary inscription on the small marble slab, which was broken. The left side of the text is lost. Dimensions: 22x27 cm. ed. CIIP III 2292 [ἔτους .]κχ’ μηνὸς […]εου κ’ […]ανηος […]δνου [Ἀσκα]λουνήτης 'In the year 620 (or any number up to 629) on the 20th day of the month ...eus ...aneus son of ...dnus, citizen of Ascalon.' commentary: Perhaps, this inscription came from el-Mughar but was not found in situ. It seems to be a funerary text for a citizen of Ascalon whose name and patronym were mentioned. The classical word for a citizen of Ascalon is Ἀσκαλωνίτης or Ἀσκαλωνείτης. Di Segni proposed to understand the form in this stone as [Ἀσκα]λντης. The month Hyperberetaios was suggested in line 2 but other options are possible. Since it is not clear whether or not a number is missing before the ΚΧ, any numeral between 620 und 629 is possible. Following the era of Ascalon, this inscription is dated to a year between 516-526 CE. As two other inscription from this area are related to Jewish community this text is also suspected to come from the same ethno-religious milieu. Fischer, Taxel, Amit, BASOR 350, 2008: 19-20
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-12-29 16:52:49
Last update:
2024-01-16 08:51:39
Building:
Cementary
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Greek funerary inscription on the small marble slab, which was broken. The left side of the text is lost. Dimensions: 22x27 cm.
Text:
Date: 516 CE - 526 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:
Greek funerary inscription from Horvat Habra (Khirbet Habra; el-Mughar). 516 CE - 526 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
; @2021Translation
'In the year 620 (or any number up to 629) on the 20th day of the month ...eus ...aneus son of ...dnus, citizen of Ascalon.'
Commentary
Perhaps, this inscription came from el-Mughar but was not found in situ. It seems to be a funerary text for a citizen of Ascalon whose name and patronym were mentioned. The classical word for a citizen of Ascalon is Ἀσκαλωνίτης or Ἀσκαλωνείτης. Di Segni proposed to understand the form in this stone as [Ἀσκα]λντης. The month Hyperberetaios was suggested in line 2 but other options are possible. Since it is not clear whether or not a number is missing before the ΚΧ, any numeral between 620 und 629 is possible. Following the era of Ascalon, this inscription is dated to a year between 516-526 CE. As two other inscription from this area are related to Jewish community this text is also suspected to come from the same ethno-religious milieu.
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, 2292.
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, 19-20.