Funerary inscription in Greek mentioning Eugenia and Eutochnia from Jerusalem (JLM0109)
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Title
Funerary inscription in Greek mentioning Eugenia and Eutochnia from Jerusalem (JLM0109)
Description
Four-line Greek inscription from the wall of a burial cave mentioning Eugenia and Eutochnia, identified as daughters of Kyros. The inscriptions were likely for burials located in the loculi nearby. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 59
Date
Language
Identifier
JLM0109
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Diplomatic
ΕΥΓΗΝΙΑΚΑΙ
ΕΥΤΟΧΝΙΑ
ΚΥΡΟΥ
ΚΥΡΟΥ
ΕΥΤΟΧΝΙΑ
ΚΥΡΟΥ
ΚΥΡΟΥ
Edition
Ευγηνια και | Ευτοχνια | Κυρου | Κυρου
Translation
Eugenia and Eutochnia, (daughters) of Kyros. (Tomb?) of Kyros.
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Description
Four-line Greek inscription
Findspot
Burial cave on the eastern side of Mount Scopus
Current Location (if known)
Burial cave on the eastern side of Mount Scopus
Name 1
Name 2
Name 3
Notes
This entry may rather be classified as graffiti, since the inscription was put into the plaster of the burial cave.
Selected Bibliography
CIIP1=Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae, volume I: Jerusalem: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad, Ameling et. al. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2014. pp. 103-104, no.59
Citation
“Funerary inscription in Greek mentioning Eugenia and Eutochnia from Jerusalem (JLM0109),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/202.