Tombstone of Usia from Gaza (GAZ0105)
Dublin Core
Title
Tombstone of Usia from Gaza (GAZ0105)
Description
Tombstone with Greek inscription for Usia, from Gaza, dated to 563 CE (GAZ0105)
Source
Publisher
CIIP3: 2498
Date
Format
Marble
Language
Identifier
GAZ0105
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
H 52cm
W 41cm
W 41cm
Diplomatic
(cross) ΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΑΤ
ΕΤΗΘΗΗΤΟΥΘΥΔΟ
ΥΛΗΟΥΣΙΑΘΥΓΑΤ
ΗΡΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΥΕΝ
ΜΗΔΑΙΣΙΟΥΑΙΤΟΥΚΑ
ΤΑΓΑΖΓΚΧΙΝ
ΔΑΙ (cross)
ΕΤΗΘΗΗΤΟΥΘΥΔΟ
ΥΛΗΟΥΣΙΑΘΥΓΑΤ
ΗΡΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΥΕΝ
ΜΗΔΑΙΣΙΟΥΑΙΤΟΥΚΑ
ΤΑΓΑΖΓΚΧΙΝ
ΔΑΙ (cross)
Translation
Here was buried the servant of God Usia, the daughter of Timotheus, on Daisios 11th, in the year 623 according to the Gazaeans, in the 11th indiction ( = 5 June 563)
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
White marble tombstone with seven lines of Greek inscription, beginning and ending with a cross. Below the inscription is a cross on top of schematic depiction of a mountain, representing Golgotha (CIIP3, no.2498)
Letters
4cm
Current Location (if known)
Museum of the Louvre, Paris
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
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.487-488, no.2498
Citation
“Tombstone of Usia from Gaza (GAZ0105),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 18, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/97.