Church/Monastery name:
Ashdod Yam (Azotos Paralios) - Church of the Deaconesses
Inscription number:
9
Inscription type:
epitaph
Location:
West of no. 8
Physical description :
The few recognizable letters belong to the round alphabet and are 5.7-7.4 cm high.
Text:
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[- μ]ην[ὶ] Α‹ὐ›δ[υ-]
2 ν[αί]ου γ′ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) β′
κ(ατὰ) κ(αιρὸ)ν (?) ἔτιυς
H ας′
Translation:
[So-and-so came to rest (?)] on the 3rd of the month of Audynaios, indiction
2, in the time of year 201.
Given date:
year
month
day of the week
indiction
Summary:
Burial inscription dated to 448/9 CE.