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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 301
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AD 600
Language:
Greek; Hebrew
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
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Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
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Price:
Placement:
chancel screen
People mentioned:
Description
date: 4-6th c. description: Inscription founded on chancel screen. There is a wreath surrounding a menorah on tripod base, flanked by lulav and shofar. There are remains of a Greek text above the framed panel within which a pictorial ornament is depicted. At the end of the Greek line there is a Hebrew text composte of 4 letters. [μ]νισθῖ εἰς ἀ[γ]αθὸν κὲ ἠ(ς) εὐλογίαν. שלום Greek: 'May ... be remembered for good and for a blessing.' Hebrew: 'Peace' Bibliography CIIP III 2295 IIP website https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/ashd0001/ The Bornblum Eretz Israel Synagogues Website https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/ashdod/ Milson 2007: 306
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-05-23 21:36:06
Last update:
2023-11-26 20:20:52
Building:
Synagogue unknown
Site:
Ashdod
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Inscription founded on chancel screen. There is a wreath surrounding a menorah on tripod base, flanked by lulav and shofar. There are remains of a Greek text above the framed panel within which a pictorial ornament is depicted. At the end of the Greek line there is a Hebrew text composte of 4 letters.
Text:
Date: 301 CE - 600 CE
4-6th c.
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Ashdod 31.794444, 34.647222 Synagogue unknown chancel screen
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: Jewish inscription
Summary:
Bilingual inscription in Greek and Hebrew script from Ashdod. AD 301 - AD 600.
Changes history: 2022-05-27 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-11-26 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-11-26 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
Greek: 'May ... be remembered for good and for a blessing.'
Hebrew: 'Peace'
Bibliography
- CIIP III W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, A., Ecker, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, H., Misgav, J., Price, P., Weiß, A., Yardeni, 2023, Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume III: South Coast: 2161-2648. a, Berlin, Boston, 2295. D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 306.