Tomb of Bizzus set up by Rebeca, wife of Rufinus (JOP0106)
Dublin Core
Title
Tomb of Bizzus set up by Rebeca, wife of Rufinus (JOP0106)
Description
Greek inscription for Bizzus from Joppa, set up by Rebecca, the wife of Rufinus, identified as either the presbeutes or presbyteros, dated between the 3rd-6th c. CE (JOP0106)
Source
Date
Format
Marble
Language
Identifier
JOP0106
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Diplomatic
ΒΙΖΖΟΥ
ΡΕΒΚΑΓΥΝΗ
ΡΟΥΦΙΝΟΥ
ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΟ
Υ
ΡΕΒΚΑΓΥΝΗ
ΡΟΥΦΙΝΟΥ
ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΟ
Υ
Translation
(Tomb) of Bizzus
Reb(e)ca wife
of Rufinus
the preseutes (or presbyteros?)
Reb(e)ca wife
of Rufinus
the preseutes (or presbyteros?)
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Square marble slab with four lines of Greek inscription
Findspot
Jaffa necropolis.
Original Context (if known)
Jaffa necropolis
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Name 3
Notes
This Bizzus is likely the same as the Bizzus from JOP0207, although the Rebeca in this inscription is perhaps not the same as the Rebecca in JOP0207 (CIIP3 nos.2189-2190)
Selected Bibliography
CIIP3=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.59-60, no.2189.
the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad, Ameling et. al. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2014. pp.59-60, no.2189.
Citation
“Tomb of Bizzus set up by Rebeca, wife of Rufinus (JOP0106),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 13, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/122.