Tomb of Theodora and Elias from Gaza (GAZ0102)
Dublin Core
Title
Tomb of Theodora and Elias from Gaza (GAZ0102)
Description
Greek funerary inscription for Theodora and Elias from Gaza, dated to the first decade of the 7th century CE (GAZ0102)
Publisher
CIIP3: 2495
Date
Format
Marble
Language
Identifier
GAZ0102
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
H 29.5cm
W 29.5cm
D 3.6 cm
W 29.5cm
D 3.6 cm
Diplomatic
(cross) ΚΑΤΕΤΗΘΗΗ
ΔΟΥΛΗΤΟΥΧΥΘΕΟ
ΔΩΡΑΜΗΔΑΙΣΙΟΥ
ΕΤΟΥΒΞΧΙΝΔΕ (palm branch)
(cross) ΚΑΤΕΤΗΘΗΟΤΟΥ
ΧΥΔΟΥΛΟΣΗΛΙΑΣ
ΜΗΥΠΕΡΒΕΡΕΤΒΚ
ΤΟΥΘΞΧΙΝΔΓΙ (cross)
ΔΟΥΛΗΤΟΥΧΥΘΕΟ
ΔΩΡΑΜΗΔΑΙΣΙΟΥ
ΕΤΟΥΒΞΧΙΝΔΕ (palm branch)
(cross) ΚΑΤΕΤΗΘΗΟΤΟΥ
ΧΥΔΟΥΛΟΣΗΛΙΑΣ
ΜΗΥΠΕΡΒΕΡΕΤΒΚ
ΤΟΥΘΞΧΙΝΔΓΙ (cross)
Translation
Theodora, the servant of Christ, was laid down on Daisios 5th, (in the year) 662, indiction 5 (= 30 May 602). Elias, the servant of Christ, was laid down on Hyperberetaios 22nd, of the year 669, indiction 13 (= 19 October 609)
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Square marble plaque with eight lines of a Greek inscription. A cross appears at the beginning of lines 1 and 5, and at the end of line 8. A palm branch appears at the end of line 4.
Letters
2.5-2.7cm
Findspot
Window sill in Gaza
Current Location (if known)
Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, inv. no. I-9052
Name 1
Name 2
Selected Bibliography
Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae, volume III: South Coast: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad, Ameling et. al. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2014. pp.482-484, no. 2495
Citation
“Tomb of Theodora and Elias from Gaza (GAZ0102),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 16, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/93.