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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 401
-
AD 700
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
column/pillar
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
column?
Funds:
his own property
Price:
unknown
Placement:
column
People mentioned:
Name:
Yosef
Patronym:
Nachum
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: late antique (5th-7th century?) description: Aramaic inscription on a column found in the nave. ed. Beyer 1984: 383 (ggGI 1) יוסה בר נחום עבד האדן ת{א}ה לה ברכתה 'Josa der Sohn des Nahum hat diese (Säule) gestiftet. Ihm werde der Segen zuteil!' Beyer 1984: 383 (ggGI 1) 'Yosef son of Nachum made this. Let there be blessing' Milson 2007: 366 Beyer 1984: 383 (ggGI 1) Milson 2007: 366-367 Naveh 1978: 30-31 (12)
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-09-06 20:40:12
Last update:
2024-03-28 18:16:08
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Aramaic inscription on a column found in the nave.
Text:
Date: 401 CE - 700 CE
late antique (5th-7th century?)
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Gischala (Gush Halav; el-Jish) 33.021944, 35.446389 Synagogue column
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: tituli operum
Summary:
Inscription in JPA script from Gischala (Gush Halav; el-Jish). 401 CE - 700 CE.
Changes history: 2022-09-06 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-03-28 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
'Josa der Sohn des Nahum hat diese (Säule) gestiftet. Ihm werde der Segen zuteil!' (Beyer 1984: 383 (ggGI 1))
'Yosef son of Nachum made this. Let there be blessing'
(Milson 2007: 366)
Commentary
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, 383. D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 366-367. J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 30-31, 12.