Tomb of Digunthas from Gaza (GAZ0108)
Dublin Core
Title
Tomb of Digunthas from Gaza (GAZ0108)
Description
Greek inscription on tombstone of Digunthas from Gaza, dated to August 14, 541 CE (GAZ0108)
Source
Publisher
CIIP3: 2483
Date
Format
Marble
Language
Identifier
GAZ0108
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
H 86cm
W 43cm
W 43cm
Diplomatic
ΚΕΑΝΑΠΑΥΣΟΝ
ΤΗΝΔΟΥΛΗΝΣΟΥ
ΔΙΓΟΥΝΘΑΝΛΕΟΝ
ΤΙΟΥΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΑ
ΤΕΤΕΘΗΜΗΛΩΟΥ
ΚΑΤΟΥΑΧΙΝΔΔ
ΤΗΝΔΟΥΛΗΝΣΟΥ
ΔΙΓΟΥΝΘΑΝΛΕΟΝ
ΤΙΟΥΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΑ
ΤΕΤΕΘΗΜΗΛΩΟΥ
ΚΑΤΟΥΑΧΙΝΔΔ
Translation
Lord, grant rest to your servant Digunthas daughter of Leontius. Here she was buried on Loos 21st, in the year 601, in the fourth indiction
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Inscribed marble slab six lines of a Greek inscription. Above the inscription, a cross. Below, a cross is on a trefoiled symbol representing Golgotha, as GAZ0---
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.467-468,
no 2483
the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad, Ameling et. al. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2014. pp.467-468,
no 2483
Citation
“Tomb of Digunthas from Gaza (GAZ0108),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/101.