Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 501
-
AD 600
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
donation to the synagogue
Funds:
own property
Price:
some denarii and tremissis
Placement:
nave
People mentioned:
Name:
Leontius
Patronym:
Status:
lord
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:
Kalinike
Patronym:
Status:
lady
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
female
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
a righteous woman
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
female
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
the inhabitants of the town/others
Patronym:
Status:
community
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
unspecified
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 6th century according to IIP database description: Left part of the double JPA inscription in tabula ansata. Mosaic floor situated in central nave, central panel, below the figurative scene and the inscribed wreath. Text (to be found in IIP database) 'And remembered be for good Lord Leontius and Lady Kalinike, who have donated … denarii in honor of the synagogue. May the King of the Universe bestow blessing upon his work. Amen. Amen. Selah. Peace. And remembered be for good a righteous woman, who has donated one denarius in honor of the synagogue. May the King of the Universe bestow blessing upon her work. Amen. Amen. Selah. Peace. And remembered be for good the inhabitants of the town/others who have donated one tremissis.' IIP database Beyer 1984: 385 (ggHA3) Milson 2007: p. 370 Naveh 1978: 60-61 (34) https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/hgad0002/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-10-31 14:57:54
Last update:
2023-12-12 10:04:28
Building:
Synagogue
Site:
Hammat Gader; Emmatha
Dimensions: surface: meter
Condition: Left part of the double JPA inscription in tabula ansata. Mosaic floor situated in central nave, central panel, below the figurative scene and the inscribed wreath.
Text:
Date: 501 CE - 600 CE
6th century (according to IIP database)
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Hammat Gader (Emmatha) 32.684031, 35.665397 Synagogue nave
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Mosaic inscription in JPA script from Hammat Gader (Emmatha). 501 CE - 600 CE.
Changes history: 2022-10-31 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-12-12 Martyna Swierk 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
'And remembered be for good Lord Leontius and Lady Kalinike, who have donated … denarii in honor of the synagogue. May the King of the Universe bestow blessing upon his work. Amen. Amen. Selah. Peace. And remembered be for good a righteous woman, who has donated one denarius in honor of the synagogue. May the King of the Universe bestow blessing upon her work. Amen. Amen. Selah. Peace. And remembered be for good the inhabitants of the town/others who have donated one tremissis.' IIP database
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, 385. D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 370. J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 60-61 34.