Bilingual inscription for the tomb of the family of Bizzus (JOP0107)

Bilingual inscription for the tomb of the family of Bizzus (JOP0107)

Bilingual Greek/Hebrew inscription for the family of Bizzus, particularly Rebecca, mother of Mannus, from Joppa/Jaffa, dated between the 3rd-6th c. CE (JOP0107)

Marble

JOP0107

H 26cm
W 27.5cm
D 2.5cm

ΜΝΗΜΙΟΝ
ΤΩΝΒΙΖΖΟΥ
ΕΝΘΑΚΙΤΕ
ΡΕΒΕΚΚΑΗΜΗ
ΤΗΡΜΑΝΝΟΥ
ΕΙΡΗΝΗ

[Hebrew]

Tomb of the (family members)
of Bizzus.
Here lies Rebecca,
the mother of Mannus.
Peace.
(Hebrew) Peace.

CIIP3

CIIP3

Square marble plaque with six lines of inscription. The Greek is longer and precedes the Hebrew, which repeats the last word of the Greek inscription ("peace")

Greek: 2-2.5cm
Hebrew: 1.5-3cm

Jaffa necropolis (probably)

SBF Museum, Jerusalem

This Bizzus is likely the same as the Bizzus from JOP0206, although the Rebeca in this inscription is perhaps not the same as the Rebecca in JOP0206 (CIIP3 nos.2189-2190)

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.60-61, no.2190