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:
mosaic
Funds:
own property
Price:
1 trmisses and half of a denar
Placement:
nave
People mentioned:
Name:
Addā
Patronym:
Tanhum
Status:
religious_authority
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 6th century, as other inscription in the mosaic floor description: JPA inscription in tabula ansata in the northernmost panel. Mosaic floor situated in the central nave, north panel, within geometric motifs. Text (see Beyer 1984: 385-386 ggHA 4) in a note on our drive "[Und gedacht werde zum] Guten des Addā des Sohnes des Tanhum [aus] Apheka, der Ein Trimesion (= 1/8 Denar) gegeben hat, und des Jōsā, des Maqrūʿâ und des Mainŏqā, die (zusammen) die Hälfte Eines Denars gegeben haben für dieses Mosaik! Ihnen werde der Segen zuteil! Amen für immer! Friede!" Beyer 1984: 385-386 ggHA 4 Beyer 1984: 385-386 (ggHA4) Milson 2007: p. 370 Naveh 1978: 62-64 (35) https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/hamat-gader/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-10-31 15:55:39
Last update:
2023-12-12 10:13:36
Building:
Synagogue
Site:
Hammat Gader; Emmatha
Dimensions: surface: meter
Condition: JPA inscription in tabula ansata in the northernmost panel. Mosaic floor situated in the central nave, north panel, within geometric motifs.
Text:
Date: 501 CE - 600 CE
6th century, as other inscription in the mosaic floor
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
"[Und gedacht werde zum] Guten des Addā des Sohnes des Tanhum
[aus] Apheka, der Ein Trimesion (= 1/8 Denar) gegeben hat, und des Jōsā,
des Maqrūʿâ und des Mainŏqā, die (zusammen) die Hälfte Eines Denars gegeben haben
für dieses Mosaik! Ihnen werde
der Segen zuteil! Amen für immer! Friede"
Beyer 1984: 385-386 ggHA 4
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, 385-386. 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, 62-64 35.