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Dating:
AD 401
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AD 600
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
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Placement:
between the central entrance and the other lateral entrance (to the east?)
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Description
date: 5th-6th century (earlier dated to ca. 200 AD - Beyer 1984: 382-383 ggCH 1) description: Inscription was probably located within an aedicula that is located between the central entrance and the other lateral entrance (to the east?). The basalt chair was equipped with two armrests and a backrest. There are four lines of Aramaic text in the chair’s front at the feet of the sitting person. The backrest is decorated with a four-pointed, cross-like, star. ed. IIP database דכיר לטב בר ישמעל דעבד הדן סטוה ודרגוה מפעללה יהי לה חולק עם צדיקיה 'Remember for good Yudan the son of Ishmael who made this stvh and its steps; may he take part with the pious' commentary: (by IIP database) "stvh" can either be translated as a transliteration of the Greek "stoa" or the Hebrew/Aramaic word istava, which refers to a shelf. Beyer 1984: 382-383 (ggCH1) Milson 2007: p. 337-338 Naveh 1978: 36-38 (?) https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/chor0001/ https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/chorazim/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-10-20 14:46:45
Last update:
2023-12-12 07:22:38
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Inscription was probably located within an aedicula that is located between the central entrance and the other lateral entrance (to the east?). The basalt chair was equipped with two armrests and a backrest. There are four lines of Aramaic text in the chair’s front at the feet of the sitting person. The backrest is decorated with a four-pointed, cross-like, star.
Text:
Date: 401 CE - 600 CE
5th-6th century (earlier dated to ca. 200 AD - Beyer 1984: 382-383 ggCH 1)
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Chorazim (Chorazin; Korazim) 32.911111, 35.562778 Synagogue between the central entrance and the other lateral entrance (to the east?)
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: dedicatory inscription
Summary:
Dedidacotry inscription in JPA script from Chorazim (Chorazin; Korazim). 401 CE - 600 CE.
Changes history: 2022-10-20 Tomasz Brański Creation; 2023-12-12 Martyna Świerk Last modification; 2023-12-12 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'Remember for good Yudan the son of Ishmael who made this stvh and its steps; may he take part with the pious' (IIP database)
Commentary
(by IIP database) "stvh" can either be translated as a transliteration of the Greek "stoa" or the Hebrew/Aramaic word istava, which refers to a shelf.
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, 382-383. D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 337-338. J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 36-38 (?).