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)
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
Tombstone of Theodote, daughter of Balys and Megale, from Gaza (GAZ0103)
Description
Greek funerary stele for Theodote, the daughter of Balys and Megale, from Gaza, dated 529 CE (GAZ0103). Her brother, Zenon, predeceased her in 505 CE (GAZ0112).
Tomb of the blessed Theodote daughter of the most blessed Balys and of Megale. She rested on Xanthikos ...th, in the year 589, indiction 7 (= March/April 529 CE)
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Broken marble slab with seven lines of a Greek inscription. Crosses appear at the beginning of line 1, at the beginning and end of line 7, and below the inscription. A palm branch is located beneath the cross at the end of the inscription.
Findspot
The courtyard house of 'Atta'llah et-Terzy, used as a flagstone.
The tombstone of Theodote's brother, Zenon, is also published in CIIP3 (no.2499, pp.488-489), dated to c.505 CE (GAZ0212)
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. 485-486, no.2497
Tombstone of the family Publius Aelius Augustus (GER0202)
Description
Tombstone from Gerasa (mid-2nd c. CE) recording Publius Aelius Augustus, a freedman and archivist from Puteoli, and mentioning his wife, mother and sister.
Publius Aelius Augustus, freedman of Puteoli,
Keeper of the archives; his wife
Larcia Thallusae; his mother
Larcia Soteridi; his sister
Larcia Symposia
Fragmentary tombstone from Gerasa (2nd - 3rd c. CE) with relief sculpture showing personal effects, including mirror. Made by unnamed husband for his "wife of good merit."
Tombstone of Stephanus, Stephane, and Georgius from Gaza (GAZ0101)
Description
Marble tombstone from Gaza with partial Greek inscription, dedicated to Versenuphius, Stephanus, and Stephane, identified as children of a parent or parents whose names are not preserved (GAZ0101)
Here lie the children of the... Versenupius, Stephanus and Stephane, having gone to rest on Payni 9th, Georgius on the 23rd of the same month, indiction 4. Each one at the foot of the other.
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Marble plaque with Greek inscription, including inscribed inscribed crosses at the beginning of end of three lines
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.481-482, no.2494
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.95-96, no.2218
CIIP3 suggests that the three name individuals were either siblings or father, mother, and son (85-86, no.2210)
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.85-86, no.2210
Tomb of Zenon, the son of Balys and Megale, from Gaza (GAZ0112)
Description
Greek funerary inscription for Zenon, son of Balys and Megale, from Gaza, dated October 505 CE (?)(GAZ0112). The tombstone of his sister, Theodote, is also known (GAZ0103).
Tomb of the most blessed Zenon, the son of Balys and Megale. He was buried on Hyperberetaios 22nd, in the year 565, indiction 13 (= 19 October 505?).
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
A square marble plaque with a seven-line Greek inscription. A cross marks the beginning of the inscription, and a cross and palm branch are located at the end of the last line.
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.488-489
no. 2499
Theodora, the servant of Christ, was laid down on Daisios 5th, (in the year) 662, indiction 5 (= 30 May 602). Elias, the servant of Christ, was laid down on Hyperberetaios 22nd, of the year 669, indiction 13 (= 19 October 609)
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Square marble plaque with eight lines of a Greek inscription. A cross appears at the beginning of lines 1 and 5, and at the end of line 8. A palm branch appears at the end of line 4.
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.482-484, no. 2495
The entry in CIIP3 (no.228, pp.105-106) notes that the name "Patrice" is rarely found among Jewish communities in this period, and may instead refer to a male "Patricius," given the purported findspot in the necropolis of the city.
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.105-106,
no.2228
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
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
CIIP2=Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae, volume II: Caesarea and the Middle Coast: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad, Ameling et. al. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2014. no.1491.