Tomb of Anastasia from Gaza (GAZ0106)
Dublin Core
Title
Tomb of Anastasia from Gaza (GAZ0106)
Description
Tombstone with Greek inscription for Anastasia, from Gaza, dated to 588 CE (GAZ0106)
Source
Publisher
CIIP3: 2479
Contributor
GC
Format
Marble
Language
Identifier
GAZ0106
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
H c.40cm
W 45cm
W 45cm
Diplomatic
(cross) ΗΤΟΥΧΥΚΤΩΝ
ΑΓΙΩΝΔΟΥΛΗΑΝΑ
ΣΤΑΣΙΑΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ
ΜΑΡΗΑΒΔΗΝΟΥΕΝ
ΘΑΔΕΚΑΤΕΤΕΘΗ
ΜΗΔΙΩΘΚΤΟΥΗΠΕΤ
ΙΝΔΖ (cross) (palm branch)
ΑΓΙΩΝΔΟΥΛΗΑΝΑ
ΣΤΑΣΙΑΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ
ΜΑΡΗΑΒΔΗΝΟΥΕΝ
ΘΑΔΕΚΑΤΕΤΕΘΗ
ΜΗΔΙΩΘΚΤΟΥΗΠΕΤ
ΙΝΔΖ (cross) (palm branch)
Translation
The servant of Christ and the saints, Anastasia daughter of Ioannes Mareabdenus was buried here, on Dios 29th, in the year 88, indiction 7.
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Seven line Greek inscription on a marble slab, with a cross marking the beginning and end of the inscription, and a palm branch occurring after the cross at the end of the last line.
Findspot
A house, possibly in Asalon
Name 1
Name 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.460, no.2479
Citation
“Tomb of Anastasia from Gaza (GAZ0106),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 18, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/98.