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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 518
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AD 527
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
synagogue
Funds:
the members of the community
Price:
100 dinars/solidus
Placement:
Mosaic floor, central nave, next to the main door
People mentioned:
Description
date: 6th c. description: Dedicatory Inscription in Aramaic on mosaic floor, central nave, next to the main door. Text in abula ansata and flanked by two animals: a lion and a bull. Dimensions: H: 60 cm.; W: 118 cm.; D: —. Letter Height: ca. 4 cm. Dedicatory Inscription in Aramaic ( ??IIP basing on) [הדין פס]יפוסה אתקבע בשתה [...] [ל]מלכותה דיוסטינוס מלכה [...] זבן חטייה מאת [סאין] [...] [ד]אתנדבון כל בני ק[רתה] [...] בירבי א [...] [דכירין] לטב כל ב[ני] [קרתה] [...] [דכיר] [לט]ב 'This mosiac was laid down in the year … of the reign of Emperor Justinus … who gave a hundred dinars … gave all members (sons) of the community (?) … Rabbi … honored be the memory of all sons … Amen.' (IIP basing on ???) Beyer 1984: 376-377 (ggBA 1) Naveh 1978: 72-76 (?) Avigad, N. "Beit Alpha" The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land. Jerusalem, 1993: 190-192. Magness, J. The Archaeology of the Holy Land From the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest, Cambridge University Press 2012: 301-304. Sukenik, E.L. The Ancient Synagogue of Beth 'Alpha. Jerusalem, 1932. https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/beth-alpha/ https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/balf0001/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Paweł Nowakowski
Created:
2022-10-20 11:37:03
Last update:
2025-09-02 11:27:09
Building:
Synagogue
Site:
Beth Alpha; Beit Alpha
Dimensions: surface: w 118 x h 60 cm
Condition:
Text: Letter height c.4 cm
Date: 501 CE - 600 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Beth Alpha (Beit Alpha) 32.516111, 35.430278 Synagogue Mosaic floor, central nave, next to the main door
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: dedicatory inscription
Summary:
Dedicatory inscription on mosaic in JPA script from Beth Alpha (Beit Alpha). AD 501 - AD 600.
Changes history: 2022-10-20 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-03-27 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
'This mosiac was laid down in the year … of the reign of Emperor Justinus … who gave a hundred dinars … gave all members (sons) of the community (?) … Rabbi … honored be the memory of all sons … Amen.' (IIP basing on ???)
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, 376–377. J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 72-76. N., Avigad,1933, Beit Alpha, The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 190-192. J., Magness, 2012, The Archaeology of the Holy Land From the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest, Cambridge, 301-304. E.L., Sukenik, 1932, The Ancient Synagogue of Beth Alpha, Jerusalem.