Tombstone for Julianus, Gregoria, and Eisa (JOP0109)

Dublin Core

Title

Tombstone for Julianus, Gregoria, and Eisa (JOP0109)

Description

Marble slab with a Greek inscription for Julianus, Gregoria, and Eisa from Joppa/Jaffa, dated between the 3rd-6th c. CE (JOP0109)

Source

Format

Marble

Identifier

JOP0109

Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata

Dimensions

H 15cm
W 16cm
D 2.2cm

Diplomatic

ΙΟΥΛΙΝΟΥ
ΚΑΙΓΛΗΓΟ
ΡΙΑΣΚΑΙΕ
ΙΣΑΠΑ
ΡΑΙΑΚΩ

Translation

(Tomb) of Iuli(a)nus and Glegoria (=Gregoria) and Eisa. (The tomb was purchased from Iaco.

Diplomatic Constituted From

CIIP3

Translation Constituted From

CIIP3

Description

Marble slab with five lines of a Greek inscription, with two lulavim below the last line.

Letters

1cm

Findspot

Jaffa necropolis

Current Location (if known)

Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, inv. no. C41685

Name 1

Name 2

Name 3

Notes

CIIP3 suggests that the three name individuals were either siblings or father, mother, and son (85-86, no.2210)

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.85-86, no.2210

Citation

“Tombstone for Julianus, Gregoria, and Eisa (JOP0109),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed October 14, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/177.

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