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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 100
-
AD 700
Language:
Samaritan Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
rock
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
tomb
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
above a doorway to a burial cave
People mentioned:
Name:
Elʿazar
Patronym:
Azariah
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
Samaritan
Language:
Samaritan Aramaic
Description
date: roman or late antique (?) description: Samaritan burial inscription above a doorway to a burial cave. Twelve letters in Samaritan script, in three lines. ed. CIIP V 7511 רזעלא זערב [הי]ר ʾlʿzr | br ʿz | r[yh] 'Elʿazar son of Azariah' commentary: The inscription was first copied and transcribed by C. Conder in 1873. Naveh reexamined it and came to the conclusion that the script should be identified as poorly executed Samaritan script. CIIP V 7511
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-09-19 10:30:49
Last update:
2024-01-29 13:37:42
Building:
Tomb
Site:
Eliaqim; Umm el-Zinnat
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Samaritan burial inscription above a doorway to a burial cave. Twelve letters in Samaritan script, in three lines.
Text:
Date: 100 CE - 700 CE
roman or late antique (?)
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Eliaqim (Umm el-Zinnat) 32.6325, 35.066389 Tomb above a doorway to a burial cave
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: burial inscription
Summary:
Burial inscription in Samaritan Aramaic script from Eliaqim (Umm el-Zinnat). 100 CE - 700 CE.
Changes history: 2023-09-19 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-29 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-29 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
Elʿazar son of Azariah
Commentary
The inscription was first copied and transcribed by C. Conder in 1873. Naveh reexamined it and came to the conclusion that the script should be identified as poorly executed Samaritan script.
Bibliography (edition)
- CIIP V W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, A., Ecker, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, J., Price, P., Weiß, A., Yardeni, 2023, Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume 5/Part 1 Galilaea and Northern Regions: 5876-6924, Berlin, Boston, 7511.