Tomb of Anestasia with Greek inscription from Gaza (GAZ0109)

Tomb of Anestasia with Greek inscription from Gaza (GAZ0109)

Greek funerary inscription for Anestasia, deceased July 9, 474 CE, from Gaza (GAZ0109)

CIIP3: 2477

Limestone

GAZ0109

H 28.3cm
W 48.5cm
D 6cm

(cross) Υ[.]ΕΡΚΥΜΥΣΕΩΣΚΑΙΑΝΑΠ
ΑΥΣΕΩΣΤΗΣΑΔΕΛΦΗΣΕΜΩΝ
ΑΝΕΣΤΑΣΙΑΚΑΙΑΝΑΠΑΥΣΟΝ
ΚΥΡΙΕΤΗΝΨΥΧΗΝΤΗΣΔΟΥΛΗ
ΣΟΥΑΝΕΣΤΑΣΙΑΜΕΤΑΤΩΝΑΓΙ
ΩΝΣΟΥΕΝΤΗΒΑΣΙΛΙΑΣΟΥΤΩ
ΝΟΥΡΑΝΩΝ (cross) ΑΝΕΠΑΗΔΕΕΝ
ΜΗΠΑΝΕΜΟΥΕΙΤΟΥΔΛΦΕ (cross)
ΤΟΣΙΝΔΙΚΤΙΩΝΕΣΙΒ (cross) (palmbranch)
ΚΑΙ++++++

On behalf of the sleep and eternal rest of our sister Anestasia. And let the soul,O Lord, of your servant Anestasia rest with your saint in the kingdom of the heavens. She rested on Panemos 15th of the 534 year, in the 12th indiction

CIIP3

CIIP3

Limestone slab with nine lines of Greek inscription, interrupted in lines 1, 7-9 by crosses, and in line 9 by a palm branch. The last line of the inscription is interrupted by a break.

1.6-3.4cm

Gaza

Private collection in Afula

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.457 , no.2477