Tomb of Megisteria from Gaza (GAZ0110)
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Title
Tomb of Megisteria from Gaza (GAZ0110)
Description
Greek funerary inscription for Megisteria from Gaza, dated 5th-6th c. CE (GAZ0110)
Source
Publisher
CIIP3: 2489
Date
Format
Marble
Language
Identifier
GAZ0110
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
H 36cm
W 21cm
W 21cm
Diplomatic
(cross) ΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΙΤΑΙΗΤΟΥ
ΧΥΔΟΥΛΗΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΡΙΑ
ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΥΘΥΓΑΤΗΡ
ΤΟΝΒΙΟΝΑΠΟΘΕΜΕΝΕ
ΕΝΜΗΔΑΙΣΙΩΔΙΤΟΥΓΛ
ΕΤΣΙΝΔΣΒΙ (cross)
ΧΥΔΟΥΛΗΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΡΙΑ
ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΥΘΥΓΑΤΗΡ
ΤΟΝΒΙΟΝΑΠΟΘΕΜΕΝΕ
ΕΝΜΗΔΑΙΣΙΩΔΙΤΟΥΓΛ
ΕΤΣΙΝΔΣΒΙ (cross)
Translation
Here lies the servant of Christ Megisteria, the daughter of Timotheus, having laid down her life on Daisios 14th, in the year 33, in the 12th indiction.
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Square white marble slab with six lines of a Greek inscription, and a cross at the beginning of the first line and end of the last line
Letters
2.6cm
Findspot
House in Gaza
Current Location (if known)
Museum of the Louvre, Paris, inv. no. MA 3358
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Notes
The date of this inscription is debated; see CIIP3, 474-475, no.2489 for discussion and bibliography
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.474-475, no.2489
Citation
“Tomb of Megisteria from Gaza (GAZ0110),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 18, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/192.