Tomb for Saul and Syncletice (JOP0113)
Dublin Core
Title
Tomb for Saul and Syncletice (JOP0113)
Description
Marble tombstone with a Greek inscription for Saul and Syncletice from Joppa/Jaffa, dated between the 3rd-6th c. CE (JOP0113)
Source
Publisher
CIIP3: 2234
Date
Format
Marble
Language
Identifier
JOP0113
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
H 18cm
W 23.4cm
D 2.4cm
W 23.4cm
D 2.4cm
Diplomatic
ΗΓΟΡΑΣΑΕΓΟΣΑΟΥΑ
ΕΝΤΗΙΟΠΠΗΠΑΡΑ
ΒΑΡΟΥΧΙΟΥΜΝΗΜΑ
ΑΝΕΘΙΚΑΜΕΝΠΡ
ΩΤΩΣΣΑΟΥΛΚΑΙ
ΣΥΝΚΛΗΤΙΚΗΝ
ΕΝΤΗΙΟΠΠΗΠΑΡΑ
ΒΑΡΟΥΧΙΟΥΜΝΗΜΑ
ΑΝΕΘΙΚΑΜΕΝΠΡ
ΩΤΩΣΣΑΟΥΛΚΑΙ
ΣΥΝΚΛΗΤΙΚΗΝ
Translation
I, Saul, purchased (this) tomb from Baruchius in Joppa. We first deposited (here) Saul and Syncletice
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP3
Translation Constituted From
CIIP3
Description
Squared marble plaque with six lines of a Greek inscription
Letters
2cm
Findspot
Jaffa necropolis
Current Location (if known)
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, inv. no. C 41646
Name 1
Name 2
Name 3
Notes
It is unclear from the inscription if the Saul who purchased the tomb is the same Saul interred within it.
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.112-113, no.2234.
the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad, Ameling et. al. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2014. pp.112-113, no.2234.
Citation
“Tomb for Saul and Syncletice (JOP0113),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/179.