Funerary inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Probably first century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

[...], 1944, whence [...] 17.818, [...] 324426; [...], 95 p. 269 and fig. 74, whence [...], 1964.583; [...], 67, whence [...], 1; mentioned [...], 284-5.

Ϲαλὼ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐτῶν με Ἰηϲοῦϲ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐτῶν η Μάριν Τρύφωνοϲ ἐτῶν πζ

Translations

Salo des Alexander, 45 (Jahre); Jesus des Alexander, 8 (Jahre); Marin des Tryphon, 87 (Jahre).

Salo daughter of Alexandros, aged 45; Jesus son of Alexandros, aged 8; Marin daughter of Tryphon, aged 87.

Commentary

The names indicate a Jewish family whose stele may, therefore, have originally stood in the West Necropolis, see on A.55. For a detailed discussion see Lüderitz. The date is unlikely to be later than the Jewish Revolt of CE 115.