Epitaph of Kalliste (GER0210)

Dublin Core

Title

Epitaph of Kalliste (GER0210)

Description

Brief inscription framed by a wreath with funerary language.

Source

Publisher

Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.454, no225., pl.CXVI,b, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).

Date

Rights

Welles 1938

Format

Stone

Language

Identifier

GER0210

IIIF Item Metadata

UUID

e68e1c8b-1ea7-4a23-bce7-8328bda848fa

Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata

Dimensions

0.24 m (diameter of wreath)

Diplomatic

XAIP
OICKA
ΛΛICT
E

Edition

Χαίρ-
οις Κά-
λλιστ-
ε.

Translation

Rejoice Kalliste!

Diplomatic Constituted From

Allen 1885

Edition Constituted From

Welles 1938

Translation Constituted From

WIRE Project

Letters

Findspot

Northeast corner, outside of city wall, on Suf road.

Name 1

Selected Bibliography

Allen, F. 1885. "Greek and Latin Inscriptions from Palestine." The American Journal of Philology 6, no. 2 (1885): 190-216.

Citation

“Epitaph of Kalliste (GER0210),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed October 4, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/26.

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