Nine new Byzantine Funerary Inscriptions from El-ʿIrāq (Southern Jordan)

Al‐Rawahneh, Musallam R.; Elboj, Gonzalo Fontana

doi:10.1080/00310328.2023.2182951

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“…The village of al‐ʿIrāq ( العراق in Arabic) is situated approximately 15 km southwest of al‐Karak and 6 km west of Muʾtah. A dozen inscriptions from Byzantine times have been found there in the last century (Al‐Rawahneh & Elboj, 2023, nos. 1–9, with a precise presentation of the village; Meimaris et al, 2007, nos.…”

Section: Al‐ʿirāqmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first collection of these inscriptions was published by R. Canova in 1954 and completed with new discoveries over the century (see Aliquot et al, 2014; Meimaris et al, 2007, with a bibliographical update; most recently Gatier, 2017, p. 347 no. 9; Aliquot & Al‐Shdaifat, 2020; Aliquot, 2018; Al‐Rawahneh & Elboj, 2022a, 2022b, 2023). The article includes seven previously unpublished inscriptions that show the typical characteristics of Christian epitaphs found in the region.…”

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confidence: 99%

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New Byzantine inscriptions from the Land of Moab

Al‐Rawahneh,

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2023

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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This study describes seven new Byzantine inscriptions discovered in Moab (Governorate of al‐Karak, southern Jordan), which was part of Provincia Arabia and Palaestina Tertia during the Roman Empire. The Byzantine tombstone inscriptions in Moab date from the fifth to the mid‐seventh century ad. The inscriptions follow the typical formula of Byzantine Christian epitaphs, including the name of the deceased, the father's name and age. Some of them are dated. These newly discovered names not only contribute to the corpus of common names used in the region but also introduce some new ones.

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Section: Al‐ʿirāqmentioning

confidence: 99%