Tombstone of Stephanus, Stephane, and Georgius from Gaza (GAZ0101)
Dublin Core
Title
Tombstone of Stephanus, Stephane, and Georgius from Gaza (GAZ0101)
Description
Marble tombstone from Gaza with partial Greek inscription, dedicated to Versenuphius, Stephanus, and Stephane, identified as children of a parent or parents whose names are not preserved (GAZ0101)
Source
Publisher
CIIP3: 2494
Format
Marble
Language
Identifier
GAZ0101
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
H 47cm
W 30 cm
W 30 cm
Diplomatic
(cross) ΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΕΙ[--]
ΟΙΥΙΟΙΤΟΥ[--]
ΟΥΕΡΣΕΝΟΥΦΙΟΥ
ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣΜΕΝΚ[..]
ΣΤΕΦΑΝ[.]ΑΝΑ
ΠΑΕΝΤΕΣΜΗΠΑΥ
ΝΘΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣΔΕ
ΚΓΤΟΥΑΥΤΟΥΜΗ
ΙΝΔΙΚΤΔ (cross)
ΕΚΑΣΤΟΣΠΡΟΣΠΟΔΑΤΟΥ
ΕΤΕΡΟΥ (cross)
ΟΙΥΙΟΙΤΟΥ[--]
ΟΥΕΡΣΕΝΟΥΦΙΟΥ
ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣΜΕΝΚ[..]
ΣΤΕΦΑΝ[.]ΑΝΑ
ΠΑΕΝΤΕΣΜΗΠΑΥ
ΝΘΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣΔΕ
ΚΓΤΟΥΑΥΤΟΥΜΗ
ΙΝΔΙΚΤΔ (cross)
ΕΚΑΣΤΟΣΠΡΟΣΠΟΔΑΤΟΥ
ΕΤΕΡΟΥ (cross)
Translation
Here lie the children of the... Versenupius, Stephanus and Stephane, having gone to rest on Payni 9th, Georgius on the 23rd of the same month, indiction 4. Each one at the foot of the other.
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Marble plaque with Greek inscription, including inscribed inscribed crosses at the beginning of end of three lines
Letters
3.5cm
Findspot
Gaza
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Name 3
Role 3
Selected Bibliography
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.481-482, no.2494
Citation
“Tombstone of Stephanus, Stephane, and Georgius from Gaza (GAZ0101),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 13, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/92.