Tombstone of Flora (GER0212)

Dublin Core

Title

Tombstone of Flora (GER0212)

Description

Tombstone from Gerasa with three line inscription dedicated to Flora.

Source

Gerasa

Publisher

Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.457, no.236, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).

Date

3rd c. CE

Rights

Dalman 1910

Format

Stone

Language

Greek

Identifier

GER0212

IIIF Item Metadata

UUID

e3ab3b73-66a2-440e-8b1b-d548866019ae

Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata

Dimensions

0.5 m
0.235 m

Edition

Θάρσει Φλῶρα
οὐδεισ ἀθάνα-
τος.

Translation

Courage, Flora,
no one is immortal.

Edition Constituted From

Welles 1938

Translation Constituted From

WIRE Project

Letters

4 cm tall

Findspot

East of pool in Biketein area.

Name 1

Flora

Role 1

Deceased

Selected Bibliography

Dalman, G. 1910. "Einst und jetzt in Palästina." PJB (1920) 6: 1-27 (19, taf. 5)

Citation

“Tombstone of Flora (GER0212),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 20, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/28.

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