Tombstone of Sabina and Nonos (GER0211)

Dublin Core

Title

Tombstone of Sabina and Nonos (GER0211)

Description

A tombstone with a large, recessed panel bearing a seven line inscription and two names, Sabina and Nonos(?).

Source

Publisher

Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.457, no.234, pl.CXVII,c, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).

Date

Rights

Welles 1938

Format

Stone

Language

Identifier

GER0211

IIIF Item Metadata

UUID

0131cfc0-b359-4835-94d5-1e799a3c8619

Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata

Dimensions

Inscribed panel:
0.27 m wide
0.42 m tall

Diplomatic

ϹΑΒΕΙ
ΝΑΝW
NW ...
ΘΑΔΕΤΕ
ΘΑΠΤΑΙ
WϹΕΤWΝ
ΕΙΚΟϹΙΛΥΟ

Edition

Σαβεί-
να Νώ-
νου ἐν-
θάδε τέ-
θαπται
ὡς ἐτῶν
εἲκοσι δύο.

Translation

Sabina Nonos lies buried here. She was 22.

Diplomatic Constituted From

Jones 1930

Edition Constituted From

Welles 1938

Translation Constituted From

WIRE Project

Letters

3-4 cm tall

Findspot

West of city.

Name 1

Role 1

Selected Bibliography

Jones, A.H.M. 1930. "Inscriptions from Jerash II," JRS 20:43-54 (53, no.72)

Citation

“Tombstone of Sabina and Nonos (GER0211),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed March 28, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/27.

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