Tombstone of Theodote, daughter of Balys and Megale, from Gaza (GAZ0103)
Dublin Core
Title
Tombstone of Theodote, daughter of Balys and Megale, from Gaza (GAZ0103)
Description
Greek funerary stele for Theodote, the daughter of Balys and Megale, from Gaza, dated 529 CE (GAZ0103). Her brother, Zenon, predeceased her in 505 CE (GAZ0112).
Source
Publisher
CIIP3: 2497
Date
Format
Marble
Language
Identifier
GAZ0103
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
H 30 cm
Diplomatic
(cross) ΘΗΚΗΤΗ[--]
ΘΕΩΔΟΤΗΣΘ[--]
ΤΟΥΜΑΚΑΡΙΟ[--]
ΚΑΙΜΕΓΑΛΗΣΑ[..]
ΠΑΗΜΗΞΑΝΘΙΚΘ[..]
ΤΟΥΘΠΦΕΤΟΥ[.]
(cross) ΝΔΙΖ (cross)
ΘΕΩΔΟΤΗΣΘ[--]
ΤΟΥΜΑΚΑΡΙΟ[--]
ΚΑΙΜΕΓΑΛΗΣΑ[..]
ΠΑΗΜΗΞΑΝΘΙΚΘ[..]
ΤΟΥΘΠΦΕΤΟΥ[.]
(cross) ΝΔΙΖ (cross)
Translation
Tomb of the blessed Theodote daughter of the most blessed Balys and of Megale. She rested on Xanthikos ...th, in the year 589, indiction 7 (= March/April 529 CE)
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Broken marble slab with seven lines of a Greek inscription. Crosses appear at the beginning of line 1, at the beginning and end of line 7, and below the inscription. A palm branch is located beneath the cross at the end of the inscription.
Findspot
The courtyard house of 'Atta'llah et-Terzy, used as a flagstone.
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Name 3
Role 3
Notes
The tombstone of Theodote's brother, Zenon, is also published in CIIP3 (no.2499, pp.488-489), dated to c.505 CE (GAZ0212)
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. 485-486, no.2497
Citation
“Tombstone of Theodote, daughter of Balys and Megale, from Gaza (GAZ0103),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed October 21, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/94.