Synagogue Complete
ID: 192
Building type: unknown
Context:
urban
Inscriptions:
Description:
Among the finds is a capital bearing an inscription that had been reused as paving in the northern aisle of a church erected in the twelfth century during the Crusader era. Although incorporated secondarily into the church floor, the piece most plausibly originated from a synagogue. Additional Samaritan Aramaic inscriptions carved on stone may likewise have come from that synagogue; however, an origin in other structures—including domestic buildings—cannot be ruled out. For further discussion, see: - CIIP IV, Emmaus, Nicopolis (modern ‘Imwas), pp. 441–449. - Barag, D., 2009, Samaritan writing and writings, in: Hanna M. Cotton, Robert G. Hoyland, J. J. Price, and David J. Wasserstein (eds.), From Hellenism to Islam: Cultural and linguistic change in the Roman Near East, pp. 303–323. - https://www.emmaus-nicopolis.org/english