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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Amen. Amen. Selah
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 401
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AD 500
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
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Accessible:
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Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
mosaic panel in the narthex
People mentioned:
Description
date: 5th century CE description: Greek inscription on mosaic panel in the narthex. A Menorah decoration is set within the inscription and separates the four intact lines into two sections. The mosaic also shows palm branches (lulav), citrus fruit (ethrog), a ram's horn (shofar) and an incense shovel. ed. IIP database ἁγιο[τότῳ] τόπῳ Ἀμήν. Σλεά. Ἐρήνη τῇ συναγωγῇ 'to the [most] holy place Amen. Sela. Peace upon the Synagogue' Milson 2007: 364-365 Dvorjetski, Estēe. “The Synagogue-Church at Gerasa in Jordan: A Contribution to the Study of Ancient Synagogues.” Zeitschrift Des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 121 (2005): 140–67. (150-152 in particular) https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/jera0011/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-09-06 12:54:01
Last update:
2023-12-09 12:49:31
Building:
Synagogue
Site:
Gerasa; Jerash
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Greek inscription on mosaic panel in the narthex. A Menorah decoration is set within the inscription and separates the four intact lines into two sections. The mosaic also shows palm branches (lulav), citrus fruit (ethrog), a ram's horn (shofar) and an incense shovel.
Text:
Date: 401 CE - 500 CE
5th century CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Arabia Gerasa (Jerash) 32.280556, 35.897222 Synagogue mosaic panel in the narthex
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Mosaic inscription in Greek script from Gerasa (Jerash). AD 401 - AD 500.
Changes history: 2022-09-06 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-12-09 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-12-09 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'to the [most] holy place Amen. Sela. Peace upon the Synagogue'
Commentary
Bibliography
- D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 364-365. E., Dvorjetski, 2005, The Synagogue-Church at Gerasa in Jordan: A Contribution to the Study of Ancient Synagogues, Zeitschrift Des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 121, 140-167 (150-152 in particular).