Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Amen. Amen. Selah
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 401
-
AD 500
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
unknown
Funds:
; unknown
Price:
unknown
Placement:
between two columns in the northern row of the nave
People mentioned:
Name:
Pinhas
Patronym:
Baruch
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Jose
Patronym:
Samuel
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Yudan
Patronym:
Hezekiah
Status:
religious_authority
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
monk_or_clergyman
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Name:
Pinhas
Patronym:
Baruch
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Jose
Patronym:
Samuel
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Yudan
Patronym:
Hezekiah
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 5th century CE description: Aramaic inscription on mosaic panel between two columns in the northern row of the nave. Text in vertical tabula ansata. ed. IIP database שלום על כל ישראיל אמן אמן סלה פינחס בר ברוך יוסה בר שמואל יודן בר חזקיה 'Peace be upon all Israel, Amen, Amen Selah. Pinhas son of Baruch, Jose son of Samuel, and Yudan son of Hezekiah.' 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. (149-150 in particular) https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/jera0009/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-09-06 12:58:50
Last update:
2023-12-09 13:10:38
Building:
Synagogue
Site:
Gerasa; Jerash
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Aramaic inscription on mosaic panel between two columns in the northern row of the nave. Text in vertical tabula ansata.
Text:
Date: 401 CE - 500 CE
5th century CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Arabia Gerasa (Jerash) 32.280556, 35.897222 Synagogue between two columns in the northern row of the nave
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Mosaic inscription in JPA 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
'Peace be upon all Israel, Amen, Amen Selah. Pinhas son of Baruch, Jose son of Samuel, and Yudan son of Hezekiah'
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 (149-150 in particular).