Shivta - St. George (North Church)

Inscription number: 
2
Selected bibliography: 
54, no. 55, fig. 6 (ed. pr.)
265, no. 392
829-830, no. 329, fig. 379 (dr.)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

SEG 31 (1981): 1433

Inscription type: 
epitaph
Location: 

Findspot: According to a note made by the Colt Expedition, this stone was found in the filling of Tomb 4 in the atrium.

Pres. loc.: Not registrated in the records of the IAA (only scale drawing in file).

Physical description : 

Epitaph on a tombstone. The drawing of the Colt Expedition shows that the text began and ended with crosses.

Text: 

     ☩ Κατετέθη ὁ μα-

     κάριος Κασισέος

     [Ἀβ]δάλγου μηνὶ

4   Πανέμου ιδʹ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος)

     ςʹ ἔτους υπγʹ. ☩

Translation: 

The blessed Kasiseos (son) of Abdalgos was laid to rest in the month of Panemos, the 14th, in the 6th indiction, year 483.

Commentary: 

Year 483 of Arabia corresponds to AD 588/9; 14 Panemos corresponds to 3 July 588, which fell in the 6th indiction.

Both the name and the patronymic of the deceased are Nabataean.

Given date: 
year
month
day of the month
indiction
Date: 
3 July 588
Summary: 

Dated epitaph of Kasiesos son of Abdalgos, on a tombstone found in the filling of Tomb 4 in the atrium, 3 July 588.

Contents
Actions: 
was laid to rest
Titles/epithets of patrons/dedicators: 
blessed (makarios)
Personal names: 
Abdalgos, Kasiseos
Epigraphical Abbreviations: 
stigma, numerals sometimes marked