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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 300
-
AD 400
Language:
Hebrew
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
; unknown
Price:
Placement:
tomb
People mentioned:
Name:
Shimon
Patronym:
Abun
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
26
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 300-400 CE description: Sepulcral inscription in Hebrew script. Dimensions: 108 cm long, 28 cm high, and 22 cm thick. The height of letters is 3-9 cm. ed. Urman 1995 רבי אבון משכבו בכבוכד 'Rabbi Abun, may he rest in honor' commentary: The formula after the name makes it clear that this is a burial inscription. The same formula is attested in Catacomb 20 at Beth She’arim. The latter is dated to the late second to mid-fourth century CE. It suggests the same time frame. Furthermore, two personages, a father and son, called Rabbi Abun are known in the Palestinian Talmud. Urman suggested this inscription can commemorate Rabbi Abun the father as the son would be differentiated from his famous father. Moreover, Rabbi Abun the son was told to reside in Tiberias not in the Golan. Thus it would be dated to the middle of the fourth century (Urman 1995: 478-481) Urman, D. 1995. "Qisrin (Qasri)" [in:] Ancient Synagogues, ed. D. Urman and P. Flesher, Leiden, 1995: 463-481 (especially 478-481).
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-12-15 14:58:33
Last update:
2024-01-15 10:35:24
Building:
Tomb
Site:
Qasrin; Katzrin; Qatzrin
Dimensions: surface: w 108 x h 28 x d c. 22 cm
Condition: Sepulcral inscription in Hebrew script.
Text: Letter height 3-9 cm.
Date: 300 CE - 400 CE
300 - 400 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Qasrin (Katzrin; Qatzrin) 32.992, 35.691 Tomb tomb
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: sepulcral inscription
Summary:
Sepulcral inscription in Hebrew script from Qasrin (Katzrin; Qatzrin). 300 CE - 400 CE.
Changes history: 2022-12-15 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-15 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-15 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
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'Rabbi Abun, may he rest in honor'
Commentary
The formula after the name makes it clear that this is a burial inscription. The same formula is attested in Catacomb 20 at Beth She’arim. The latter is dated to the late second to mid-fourth century CE. It suggests the same time frame. Furthermore, two personages, a father and son, called Rabbi Abun are known in the Palestinian Talmud. Urman suggested this inscription can commemorate Rabbi Abun the father as the son would be differentiated from his famous father. Moreover, Rabbi Abun the son was told to reside in Tiberias not in the Golan. Thus it would be dated to the middle of the fourth century (Urman 1995: 478-481)
Bibliography (edition)
- D., Urman, 1995, Qisrin (Qasri), [in:] Ancient Synagogues, ed.D. Urman and P. Flesher, Leiden, 463-481 (especially 478-481).