Description: Rock-cut tomb.
Text: Inscribed on the façade, to the left of the door, within a rectangular panel
(w:
0.36 x h:
0.30).
Letters: First century BCE- first century CE; 0.03; lunate sigma, and cursive omega; L for ἔτους, ἐτῶν.
Date: First century BCE to first century CE
Findspot:
Taucheira:
Quarry West IV, East wall.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Year (?4 or -4), Theudas (scil. son) of Theudas aged 4, and Jason (scil. son) of Theudas, aged 3.
Commentary
The date could be year 4 or a multiple of 10+4. The name suggests a Jewish family.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, NS.VII.24)