Tomb of Meniami and Sara (JOP0112)

Dublin Core

Title

Tomb of Meniami and Sara (JOP0112)

Description

Greek funerary inscription for Menaimi and Sara from Joppa/Jaffa, dated between the 3rd-6th c. CE

Source

Publisher

CIIP3: 2223

Format

Stone

Language

Identifier

JOP0112

Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata

Dimensions

H 23cm
W 23cm
D 2cm

Diplomatic

ΜΝΗΜΗΜΕ
ΝΙΑΜΙΚΑΙ
ΣΑΡΑΗΡΗ
ΝΗ

Translation

Tomb of Meniami and Sara. Peace.

Diplomatic Constituted From

CIIP3

Translation Constituted From

CIIP3

Description

Square stone slab with four lines of a Greek inscription and two lulavim below

Letters

2.4cm

Findspot

Jaffa necropolis

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.100, no.2223

Citation

“Tomb of Meniami and Sara (JOP0112),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/129.

Output Formats

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