Tomb of Megisteria from Gaza (GAZ0110)

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Title

Tomb of Megisteria from Gaza (GAZ0110)

Description

Greek funerary inscription for Megisteria from Gaza, dated 5th-6th c. CE (GAZ0110)

Source

Publisher

CIIP3: 2489

Format

Marble

Language

Identifier

GAZ0110

Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata

Dimensions

H 36cm
W 21cm

Diplomatic

(cross) ΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΙΤΑΙΗΤΟΥ
ΧΥΔΟΥΛΗΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΡΙΑ
ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΥΘΥΓΑΤΗΡ
ΤΟΝΒΙΟΝΑΠΟΘΕΜΕΝΕ
ΕΝΜΗΔΑΙΣΙΩΔΙΤΟΥΓΛ
ΕΤΣΙΝΔΣΒΙ (cross)

Translation

Here lies the servant of Christ Megisteria, the daughter of Timotheus, having laid down her life on Daisios 14th, in the year 33, in the 12th indiction.

Diplomatic Constituted From

CIIP3

Translation Constituted From

CIIP3

Description

Square white marble slab with six lines of a Greek inscription, and a cross at the beginning of the first line and end of the last line

Letters

2.6cm

Findspot

House in Gaza

Current Location (if known)

Museum of the Louvre, Paris, inv. no. MA 3358

Name 1

Name 2

Notes

The date of this inscription is debated; see CIIP3, 474-475, no.2489 for discussion and bibliography

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.474-475, no.2489

Citation

“Tomb of Megisteria from Gaza (GAZ0110),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed March 28, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/192.

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