Inscriptions on ossuaries found in Bet Shearim's catacombs

“I, the son of Leontios, lie dead, Justus, the son of Sappho, who, having plucked the fruit of all wisdom, left the light, my poor parents in endless mourning, and my brothers too, alas, in my Beth She‘arim, And having gone to Hades, I Justus, lie here with many of my own kindred, since mighty Fate so willed. Be of good courage, Justus, no one is immortal”

(Schwabe and Lifschitz 1974, 97 [#127]).

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