Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Selah
Dating:
AD 500
-
AD 599
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
5 gold coins
Price:
5 gold coins
Placement:
mosaic in the wreath
People mentioned:
Name:
Oples
Patronym:
Status:
lord
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
father
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Protone
Patronym:
Status:
lady
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
wife?
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
female
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Sallustius
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
son-in-law
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Pheroros
Patronym:
Status:
comes
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
son
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
comes?
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Photios
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
son-in-law
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Haninah
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 6th century according to IIP database description: Inscription on mosaic floor founded in the central nave, next to the bema. The text is presented in a wreath neighboured by lions. ודכיר לתב קירס הופּליס וקירה פּרוטון וקירס סלוסטיס חתנה וקומס פּרורוס ברה וקיריס פּוטיס חתנה וקירס חנינה ברה הננון ובניהון דמיצותון תדירן בכל אתר דהבון השה חמישה דינרין דהב מלד עלמה יתן ברכתה בעמלהון אמן אמן סלה 'And rembmered be fore good Lord Oples and Lady Protone, and Lord Sallustius his son-in-law, and Comes Pheroros his son and Lord Photios his son-in-law, and Lord Hananiah his son - they and their children - whose acts of charity are constantly everywhere and who have given here five coins of gold. May the King of the Universe bestow the blessing upon their work. Amen. Amen. Selah.' Bibliography: Beyer 1984: 384 (ggHA1) Milson 2007: p. 370 Naveh 1978: 54-56 (32) https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/hgad0001/ https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/hamat-gader/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-02-08 17:12:35
Last update:
2023-11-27 08:58:27
Building:
Synagogue
Site:
Hammat Gader; Emmatha
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Inscription on mosaic floor founded in the central nave, next to the bema. The text is presented in a wreath neighboured by lions.
Text:
Date: 500 CE - 599 CE
6th century according to IIP database
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Hammat Gader (Emmatha) 32.684031, 35.665397 Synagogue mosaic in the wreath
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: honoryfic inscription
Summary:
Inscription on mosaic in JPA script from Hammat Gader (Emmatha). AD 500 - AD 599.
Changes history: 2022-02-08 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-11-27 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-11-27 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
And rembmered be fore good Lord Oples and Lady Protone, and Lord Sallustius his son-in-law, and Comes Pheroros his son and Lord Photios his son-in-law, and Lord Hananiah his son - they and their children - whose acts of charity are constantly everywhere and who have given here five coins of gold. May the King of the Universe bestow the blessing upon their work. Amen. Amen. Selah
Bibliography
- K., Beyer, 1984, Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer: samt den Inschriften aus Palästina, dem Testament Levis aus der Kairoer Genisa, der Fastenrolle und den alten Talmudischen Zitaten, Gottingen, 384. D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 370. J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 54-56, 32.