Greek inscription for the tomb of Eiaco, Acholia, and Asterius (JOP0108)
Dublin Core
Title
Greek inscription for the tomb of Eiaco, Acholia, and Asterius (JOP0108)
Description
Slab with a Greek inscription for Eiaco, his wife Acholia, and a certain Asterius, from Joppa/Jaffa, dated between the 3rd-6th c. CE (JOP0108)
Source
Publisher
CIIP3: 2192
Date
Format
Stone
Language
Identifier
JOP0108
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
H 42cm
W 38cm
D 3.8cm
W 38cm
D 3.8cm
Translation
Burial place of Eiaco the Cappadocian and of his wife Acholia and of Asterius
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Triangular slab with seven lines of a Greek inscription, and an inscribed menorah in the center of lines 4-6. The slab is apparently reused, based on "traces of a frame" reported in CIIP3 (62-63, no.2192)
Findspot
Jaffa necropolis
Name 1
Name 2
Role 2
Name 3
Notes
This is one of two funerary inscriptions for a Cappadocian in Jaffa (see CIIP3 pp.76-77, no.2203)
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.62-63, no.2192.
the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad, Ameling et. al. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2014. pp.62-63, no.2192.
Citation
“Greek inscription for the tomb of Eiaco, Acholia, and Asterius (JOP0108),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 13, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/176.