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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 501
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AD 800
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
mosaic
Funds:
holy congregation; elders' and minors' properties
Price:
unknown
Placement:
n the north end of the nave, next to the entrance
People mentioned:
Description
ed. CIIP IV 2807 דכירן לטב יהוי דכרנהון לטב כל קהלה קדישה רביה וזעוריה דסייע יתהון מלכיהדעלמה ואתחזקון ועבדון פסיפסה דידע שמהתון ודבניהון ודאנשי בתיהון יכתוב יתהון בספר חייה [עם כל] צדיקיה חברין לכל ישראל של[ום אמן] dkyrn lṭb yhwy dkrnhwn lṭb kl qhlh qdyšh rbyh wzʿwryh dsyyʿ ythwn mlkyh dʿlmh wʾtḥzqwn wʿbdwn psypsh dydʿ šmhtwn wdbnyhwn wdʾnšy btyhwn yktwb ythwn bspr ḥyyh [ʿm kl] ṣdyqyh, ḥbryn lkl yśrʾl, šl[wm, ʾmn] 'Remembered be for the good (and) may their memory be for the good, the whole holy congregation, elders and minors (old and young), whom the king of the world aided and who contributed to and made the mosaic. He who knows their names, and the names of their children and the people of their houses, will write them in the Book of Life with all of the righteous. (May they be) friends/companions to all Israel. Peace, Amen.' Bibliography: CIIP IV 2807
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-10-13 11:53:55
Last update:
2023-12-09 14:41:02
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition:
Text:
Date: 501 CE - 800 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Jericho 31.85, 35.466667 Synagogue the north end of the nave, next to the entrance
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: votive inscription
Summary:
Inscription in JPA script from Jericho. AD 501 - AD 800.
Changes history: 2022-10-13 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
Remembered be for the good (and) may their memory be for the good, the whole holy congregation, elders and minors (old and young), whom the king of the world aided and who contributed to and made the mosaic. He who knows their names, and the names of their children and the people of their houses, will write them in the Book of Life with all of the righteous. (May they be) friends/companions to all Israel. Peace, Amen.
Commentary
Bibliography (edition)
- CIIP IV W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, A., Ecker, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, H., Misgav, J., Price, P., Weiß, A., Yardeni, 2023, Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume IV: Iudaea/Idumaea, Berlin, Boston, 2807.